CD-ROM driver going crazy! Really loud and spinning at high RPM..HELP!!!

I just bought a refurbished macbook 1.83 with dual celeron - I tried to install some software on it last night and my cd rom drive was really really loud. The cd sounded like it was spinning at the highest RPM and the whole laptop was vibrating. It did this the entire time the CD was in there. I just got this thing and havent used it more than a couple of hours. Has any one had similar problems? Does any one know what it might be?

My CD-ROM (combo) drive is also very loud and has been since I bought the macbook in July. I don't notice any vibrating, but I have to keep the DVD or CD volume very high in order to hear it above the noise of the drive. It doesn't bother me enough to do anything about it now, but next time I'm going to the Apple place in Vienna I'll probably have them check it out. If you find out anything more, please post it, I'm curious if this is normal or not.

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