Excessive vibration/humming sound from the DVD drive

I just installed the new iLife 06 on my iMac (latest 17" with iSight built in). The disc made an excessive humming/vibrating noise. It was not visibly warped and other disks don't seem to cause this. Is it possible that it is just the way this particular disc is playing in the drive?

This may sound like I am reaching, but the label printed on the iLife disk has a heavier image on one half, and little to nothing (just a white background) on the other. The printing process builds the ink up heavily on the surface of the disk (you can actually see it raised up). This may throw the balance off just enough to cause the vibration, especially if the slot loads drives are especially sensitive to this. Thanks for your input, Eric

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