Loud iBook G4 optical drive

[TangyToad]

My iBook G4's combo drive is loud. Really loud. It's kind of making me worried... Is this a common problem? I know portable optical drives can be loud, but this seems like too much.

 

[blue&whiteman]

all cd drives are loud

 

[Toppa G's]

Does it sound like it's going to lift off and fly away? My iBook's optical drive sounds like a jet starting up and then skipping across water, and always has. Still works after 2.5 years though.

 

[huntsman]

My iBook G4's drive has a noisy loading mechanism, and is about as loud as a typical desktop CD-ROM drive when spinning at full speed. For a laptop, it's a bit ridiculous.

One annoying thing is that it spins much faster than it needs to when playing back audio CDs. DVDs aren't so bad though.

There are programs for controlling CD speed for Windows and GNU/Linux. Any equivalents in Mac land? IMO, there should be a system preference for optical drive performance that would keep both the noise-averse and speed freaks happy.

 

[Powerbook G5]

Mine doesn't seem any louder than any other CD/DVD drive I've heard.

 

[wolverine]

Mine loads disks pretty loud, but apart from that it's fine


Wolverine