L440 noisy drive with CDs or DVDs

Hello
Have just bought a L440. I am surprised how noisy the drive is when playing either CDs or DVDs. I have owned many laptops and desktops with built in drives and when they recognise a CD/DVD they spool down to barely audible to allow playback.
But the Lenovo is very noisy on CDs and on DVDs it remains in a high spool speed state. To me this is disappointing for a new laptop, but not sure if it is a driver fault or hardware. I notice this query comes up for other models as well.
My older Lenovo X201i with external drive is quiet as a mouse.
Thanks for any solutions.
regards
David

Hi Joey
Reset the iMac's SMC > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543
then restart with PRAM and NVRAM > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
and test the Disc Drive.
The early white Intel iMac models had 17, 20 and 24" display sizes and the aluminum Intel iMac models only come in 20 and 24" display sizes?
Dennis

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