Disk drive check on wake up--annoying noise

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone had any clue on how to stop my Macbook from automatically checking whether I have a disk inserted in the disk drive every time it wakes up. It makes the same sound as when a disk is ejected. While not a huge problem, it has gotten quite annoying, especially when I'm trying to be quiet.
I know that an extreme solution is to remove the disk drive, but there must be another way. The new Macbook Pro's, for example, don't make any noise when waking up.
Alternatively, is my problem something that other Macbook owners also experience?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Jake

I second that opinion, older Pros (like mine) do it too!

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I bought my mac few weeks ago and the hard disk of my mac is making annoying noises and loud too. I know my hard disk is broken but how does it break it???

-How my hard disk is broken
-Does this happen to all mac products mainly?
-what can i do in the future to prevent the problem from happening again

Direct you to the proper forum for MacBook :
MacBook Series Forums
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks?view=discussions
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Mac OS X Forum
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
This forum deals with a desktop/tower 65lb Mac Pro
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro

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Same with the keyboard. The left side only is spongy in that the keyboard noticably drops when I press a key. Just makes me doubt the quality of the machine. I am debating taking it back for an exchange, but wanted to see if this is standard with HP. If so, I don't care for it. Thank you.
P.S. I have had this laptop for about 2 months and purchased it at a local Best Buy.
Thanks. Steve

My new ENVY 17 makes no HDD noise as you described. But the keyboard is horribly spongy, making it quite hard to know what keys I am pressing. Others in the same shop were a littel spongy, certainly enough to doubt the quality, but mine is 10 times as bad as the others on display in the shop. Unfortunately the shop is in a different country, and HP in the country I am in has no idea when they can get parts to repair the problem. Meanwhile, I have no computer.
So yes, your keyboard quality problem is "normal" for the HP 17, but some are much worse than others when new. Whether the "normal" problem with quality gets worse or not over a little time is a good question. If HP Tech Suppport could assure me this problem never gets worse, but just stays annoying, it would be reassuring. But they do not give me this reassurance.

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My disk drive keeps making the weird clicking noise that happens when you eject disks, only there is no disc in my computer. It will make it over and over and over sometimes, going on for like 40 seconds.
The other annoying thing about it is that when it happens, my computer won't sleep. I shut the screen, and 10 seconds later the disc drive will make noise, then the apple on the back of the screen will light up and it won't go to sleep. Then when I go from class to class at school, when I shut my computer it keeps heating up and wasting a ton of battery from the disk drive waking it up so often.
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When you plug in the adapter, it needs to wake up and change over to the other settings -- sort of like the hospital waking you up to be sure you get your sleeping pill.
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i am wondering if i should do any disk utility check(permissions or repair) on a new hard drive because i have restored a time machine backup onto it.
I say this because any issues on the backup files are now placed onto a new hard drive.

Kappy wrote:
It can't hurt to repair permissions. Most likely you'll get a long stream of stuff most of which is irrelevant and can be ignored. If there are any repair issues this will fix them. Be sure to run DU from the system you just installed. No need to boot from an installer disc.
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My PowerBook was opened to inspect a speaker problem. Up until then, the optical disk drive was very silent; when you'd play a CD you could barely hear any noise from or in the drive -- virtually none (excluding the clicking when the disk is inserted and set). But since the time, it was opened, the optical disk drive has become very noisy. When a CD is playing, the drive makes a humming noise plus white noise that is pretty loud and even detracts from the music. The CD itself plays quite perfectly, though.
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I hope that made sense.

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What happen , what can i do.. ?

Hi,
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I purchased a Macbook Pro and been using it constantly for over 2 years now but never seen a problem like this.
I partitioned my HD to run Windows a while back but recently decided to remove it. I partitioned the HD back into its original state. While verifying the drive in Disk Utility, the drive said it had an error, don't remember what, but was able to repair it using the installation cd.
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Has anyone encountered a problem like this before? Any help would be great. My data has been backed up but i would rather that i didnt has to reset my Mac. I'm guess is that the HD might be failing, if thats the case then i got no choice.

Have you tried starting from the installation dvd? If it won't start from this it's likely to be a hardware problem.
You could also try starting in target disk mode by holding the t key until you see the screen with the target on. Even if you don't see the screen light up still try the following. If you have access to a second Mac and a firewire cable try connecting the 2 with the cable after the attempted target mode startup and see whether the hd shows on the second machine. If it does then you probably have a failure of the graphics processor. I was able to do this earlier this year when my screen didn't light up.
My next Q: Do you have the Applecare extended warranty? If you do then take it to your nearest authorised service centre for diagnosis.
Neville
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Modern macbook?
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Hello.
I would like ask for a help. I have one problem that's quite annoying. It is related to checking cd-drive when using a dolphin file menager. It always cheecks it when Dolphin is launched from K or launcher on taskbar for the first time, again it happens when i close it and open again.
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Edit2: It seems that the method I remembered is for the original udisks.
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Disk drive check on wake up--annoying noise

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