Possessed DVD drive!

[ValerieGuiles]

Hopefully this is just a weird thing my MacBook is doing and nothing serious!

Every time I turn it on, wake it up, or randomly when I'm using it, the DVD drive makes the noise as if I'm putting in a DVD. No message pops up and no programs try to start and nothing is visibly around that area - and DVDs and CDs all load just fine - it just makes the noise when there's nothing in there.

Does anyone know why and is this something that I should bother taking into the Apple store or is it just something weird to ignore?

Thanks so much!

Valerie

 

[spinnerlys]

It does check if an optical medium is inside. No worries.

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[California]

If you have installed all the latest updates, this should not be happening. it is a software issue, not a hardware issue.

 

[Nermal]

Do you have a source for that? I have all updates and it still makes the noise, but it makes sense since the drive is getting powered on.

 

[John Doe 57]

I have all updates and it still makes the noise

Same here.