Cd/dvd drive making noise

Hi all!
I just got a brand new 20-inch Alu iMac with Leopard installed last month as an early Christmas present, my very first mac and love it. I have a couple of questions I thought I'd throw it to you experts out there.
Firstly, the cd/dvd drive is making a whirring noise, to me it sounded like a plane taking off, whenever I put in a disc. I have tried a preinstalled cd that came with my mac. I have read on the forum that some cd/dvd make noise. Should I be worried about this before my warranty expires?
Secondly, I am not sure if it is related. I tried to burn my playlist on iTunes to CD. It took multiple discs as I have a long playlist. After the first disc, I put in the next blank one. But the issue is after I finished burning the playlist and putting the cd in to test, the first cd has no info on it but the rest of the cds are okay. I have burned cds from iTunes on my old pc before and did not have any problems. Are both of these issues related? Do I need to take the mac into an Apple store and get it checked out?
Thanks in advance for any help

Hi Bbolin! Thanks for your response and suggestion to go to iTunes forum. I did have a look over there and there is a thread going on on this. Apparently there is a bug in the os. So, as soon as I get some more cds I will try burning at a lower speed. Thanks again for your help. Have a great 2008.

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drive has decided to make some weird noises. It makes
the noise like when a cd is inserted into it.
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