Optical Drive Noise Question

[jessep28]

Sorry, I am not used to the mac optical drives, as I am a PC convert.


On disc insertion (DVD & CD), is it normal for the iMac drives to make a crude buzzing noise (sounds like a buzzer)? Same noise happens when drive stops reading a disk when it goes idle.

Also, I get a noise every 10 seconds or so on DVD playback.

I figure it's normal, but want to double check.

 

[mad jew]

My iMac's Combo Drive can get quite loud. It's not as bad as my iBook G4's drive though. 🙂

 

[orangezorki]

Probably normal - but just check that it isn't scratching the disks. I once had a powerbook with a slot-loading drive which started scratching, so I'm pretty paranoid about that. Otherwise, most likely OK.

David

 

[jessep28]

Yeah, it doesn't seem to be scratching any discs.

It just came out of the box barely a week ago, so it has a year to fail which it probably will do if the drive is bad.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[2nyRiggz]

Yeah my ibook sucks in the DVD/CD like the cookie monster but I got use to it and it hasn't messed up a disk yet.



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