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Flow Master · May 17, 2010, 08:04 PM

I bought my wife a macbook and every time she starts it up the DVD drive makes a noise like it has a DVD in it but it doesn't. My macbook does not have this issue. HELP!
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ghporter · May 17, 2010, 08:12 PM

That's the DVD drive "homing," or relocating the read heads to see if there's a disc in the drive. It's perfectly normal, though somewhat annoying. I take it you have a different version of the MB from your wife's version? Some machines' optical drives are louder than others'.

AKcrab · May 17, 2010, 08:17 PM

Wasn't there a superdrive firmware update to address this issue?
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL892

amazing · May 17, 2010, 08:21 PM

Check under System Profiler (in Utilities) under Disc Burning to see if you both have the same burner. As soon as you click on Disc Burner, it will make that homing noise.

Also, hopefully she's not starting it up all the time? Just put it to sleep instead...

Flow Master · May 17, 2010, 08:50 PM

I checked and the superdrive firmware is up todate.