.. title: Silent DVD Drive .. slug: silent-dvd-drive .. date: 2020-01-30 05:27:53 UTC+01:00 .. tags: linux .. category: .. link: .. description: .. type: text DVD drives can be very noisy while watching a movie on DVD. hdparm can reduce the maximum speed of the DVD drive. .. code-block:: bash # we assume /dev/sdx is the DVD drive hdparm -E 9 /dev/sdx