DVD Drive makes strange noises

Hi,
I have a Macbook that whenever I put it into sleep the DVD drive keeps trying to eject a disk that's not in there, and continues to keep trying every 30 sec or so, and won't stop until I open the lid again.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

I have this same problem. The eject routine runs every 10 secs for 7 attempts and then rests. Every 5 mins or so, the routine will run again every 10 secs for 7 attempts. After 5 cycles, it will stop and then the cycles will resume at a frequency that I have not been able to determine. Not a functional problem, but certainly annoying and enough noise to wake me up.

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