Super Drive makes a rattling noise

Just picked up a new imac and whenever I put a CD into the super drive it "rattles" for a few second before it plays. I had a G5 imac and have a macbook pro and neither of them had this problem.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Again I just bought this one last week.
Thanks,
Mad Mango

Hello ChuckMoser
Barkingmad here. Can you catch it on warranty or is the time up? Warranty should not cost bucks just time. Seems like I read here that swapping drive after warranty is over two hundred fifty dollars.
An external optical drive is about a hundred dollars. Can be less if you shop. Hook to firewire and off you go. With the Mac there was nothing to learn or do I just plugged it in. If it dies it is much easier to take or send in than your entire Mac. This is working well for me.
My old internal drive likes to keep a disc in it at all times and is as unwilling to give it up as Linus will his blanket. We have an understanding; I don't ask him to eject and he doesn't make any noise.
Perhaps you just need a drive cleaning disc. I have no experience with these. Sounds bogus to me. The CD player at work has played fine for years and is in a dirty environment and we never clean it.
Cheers

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