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Noise from DVD player

Oct 18, 2010 2:51AM PDT

I have a MacBook intel 2.1GHz with 1Gb RAM running 10.6.4

Everything is working fine except that the DVD player quite frequently makes a sound as if it is trying to load a disc, this happens every few hours and when there is no disc anywhere near to it!

I have run the usual checks of permissions and an HD check with no reported errors.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

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mac pro notebook
Dec 19, 2010 12:13AM PST

I am having problems with mine not playing at all. But it does make a sound like yours. I need help getting it to play. Sorry I can not help,

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If either of these machines are under warranty
Dec 19, 2010 3:20AM PST

then consider a trip to the Apple Store or a phone call to Apple.

You could both try resetting PRAM, works sometimes, by shutting down your computer, restarting and holding down the Command + Option + P + R keys before the first chime and keeping those keys down until you hear the second chime.


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