IMac G5 DVD/CD making loud noise

My DVD/CD player on my iMac G5 is making a fairly loud rumbling noise from time to time. Some CD`s are fine while others create like a vibrating noise on and off. An appropriate way to describe is that it sound like a loud shiatsu massaging cushion. Any ideas as to what might be causing this or better yet any ideas on how I can fix it.
Thanks.

If the problem is a hardware problem, you'll probably need to replace the drive.
Most discs do not have an adhesive label. If it does, you or someone probably stuck it on there manually. If there's an adhesive label on it, I would just remove it and use an appropriate marker pen to label the disc.
You can buy external optical drives from vendors like OWC.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/
Your iMac G5 has USB 2.0 and FireWire, so you should be able to connect it either way, but since it's PowerPC, if you want it to be bootable, you should use FireWire.

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