Disk Drive make noises.

I got a Mac Book Pro. Disk Drive makes noises . There is no Disk in Drive. But stll Noises..
What happen , what can i do.. ?

Hi,
What happens when you pop a disk into the drive? Does it mount? You usually get this kind of noise on startup when there's something wrong with RAM, and the machine won't boot.

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rx,
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