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Anyone else seen this post-Tiger?
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USNA91
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Dec 26, 2005, 01:26 PM
 
Since I installed Tiger, I occaisionally get a noise from my Superdrive as if it was trying to eject a disk. Sometimes it happens when I bang on a key, sometimes just when it's sitting there.

When a disc is in the drive, it never happens.

Any ideas?
     
analogika
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Dec 26, 2005, 01:49 PM
 
You kind of forgot to mention what machine.

I get this occasionally on my 15" powerbook when I lift it with one hand on the side of the Superdrive, flexing the casing. Almost like it's a brief short-circuit that will trigger teh eject mechanism.
     
USNA91  (op)
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Dec 26, 2005, 01:56 PM
 
PB 15.

Yeah, that's exactly what it sounds like....
     
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Dec 26, 2005, 02:27 PM
 
I get it on my 15" 1.5GHz too. 10.4.3 (if that's anything to do with it).

Scares me
     
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Dec 26, 2005, 03:34 PM
 
I used to believe I was hearing the sound of my Superdrive ejecting on my G5, but the tray would remain closed. Not the same thing as the PB issue obviously, but I thought I'd mention that.

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
     
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Dec 26, 2005, 05:10 PM
 
I get a similar sound from my PB12" 1.5ghz when it is sleeping. Here I thought it was awake, but no.
     
   
 
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