New 12 inch PowerBook Awake from Sleep Noise

when it awakes from sleep the CD-ROM drive makes weird noises like it's checking to see if a CD is in the drive.
JeffS87 wrote on :

Hi,

I just got a new 12 inch PowerBook and when it awakes from sleep the CD-ROM drive makes weird noises like it's checking to see if a CD is in the drive. It makes 2 noises each about a second each.

Is that normal?

thanks Jeff

Gregory Sigman replied on :

In article 20031105221633.07307.00000395@redacted.invalid, jeffs87@redacted.invalid (JeffS87) wrote:

I just got a new 12 inch PowerBook and when it awakes from sleep the CD-ROM drive makes weird noises like it's checking to see if a CD is in the drive.
It makes 2 noises each about a second each.

Is that normal?

I hope so, 'cause mine does exactly the same thing.

Greg

Kevin replied on :

JeffS87 jeffs87@redacted.invalid wrote:

I just got a new 12 inch PowerBook and when it awakes from sleep the CD-ROM drive makes weird noises like it's checking to see if a CD is in the drive. It makes 2 noises each about a second each.

Mine does too... it's kind of annoying, but hey... what can ya do.

David Steuber replied on :

Kevin nomail@redacted.invalid writes:

JeffS87 jeffs87@redacted.invalid wrote:

I just got a new 12 inch PowerBook and when it awakes from sleep the CD-ROM drive makes weird noises like it's checking to see if a CD is in the drive. It makes 2 noises each about a second each.

Mine does too... it's kind of annoying, but hey... what can ya do.

Ask Apple to add a feature where the superdrive/combodrive remembers whether a disk was inserted before the computer went to sleep?

Yeah, my 12" PowerBook does the same thing.

I suspect that the drive is actualy powered down completely and it is just doing a power on self test when the computer wakes up.

Simon Slavin replied on :

In article m2znfa6l4h.fsf@redacted.invalid, David Steuber david.steuber@redacted.invalid wrote:

Kevin nomail@redacted.invalid writes:

JeffS87 jeffs87@redacted.invalid wrote:

2 noises each about a second each.

Mine does too... it's kind of annoying, but hey... what can ya do.

Ask Apple to add a feature where the superdrive/combodrive remembers whether a disk was inserted before the computer went to sleep?

And what happens if someone slides one in while it's asleep ? No, as well as checking to see if there's one there it's also checking the mechanism that moves the laser. It's working correctly. Don't worry about it.