DVD drive makes odd noise

Hello! I posted on this a couple of days ago but no one responded so I thought I would repost and reword what is going on.  I've had two HP Pavilion DV6 laptops from walmart and both of them have DVD drives that will make an odd noise randomly as if its trying to spin up a disc really quickly and then stops.  It sounds like it would if you ejected the drive then put it back in with nothing in it.  The first laptop did this almost every 5 min and this new one does it once or twice every half hour or so.  I've seen on another forum where different models like the d6 and dv6 have had this issue as well with no response from HP or anyone else.  Any ideas?

At this point, I highly recommend you contact HP Technical Phone Support .
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If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
Regards,
Mike

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