Help please. Owners of new MB please comment regards to the startup.

[bibbiti89]

Hello all,

I decided to make the switch from pc to mac. I love it so far. My problem here is that with the macbook, when I first turn on the computer right before it makes the apple sound, there's this weird noise coming from the optical drive.
I was wondering if anyone else with the new Macbooks are having the same problem as well.

Here's the sound (i got it off of the the apple support site).
http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/51/3054781201801120/www.info.apple.com/images/kbase/305478/305478_wake.aiff

Is this sound normal?

Thanks all,
bibbiti89

 

[DeusInvictus7]

i dont think that sound is normal...my sisters macbook doesnt do that at all...and i really hope mine doesnt do that when it comes in the next few days

 

[logana]

If you got the sound off the Apple website then is that noise one of the many "normal" sounds that MacBooks make.......

Does not sound odd to me - sounds like most MacBooks....

 

[synth3tik]

Your optical drive is functioning. That's what the sound is. It is the optical drive spinning up. A self test.

 

[dpc]

My Macbook's optical makes a similar noise when it boots up. My old Powerbook did too. I think it's a normal part of the boot process for Macs. I think your Macbook is fine .

 

[Daveoc64]

Yeah this sound is pretty normal.

It's just trying to read the disc (but obviously not getting anywhere because it's empty).

 

[fatefulwhisper]

That sound is perfectly normal. I had a Dell which had the same optical drive (made by Matsushita) and it made the same sound--so the sound is not limited to just PC's or Mac's; it's the optical drive manufacturer and the type of drive (slot loading). There is a remedy for booting up the computer w/out the sound, and that is to stick a blank CD or DVD in the drive and the sound will disappear.

 

[cherry su]

Functioning macs with slot-loading drives make that noise

At least my MacBook Pro and Mac mini do