Optical drive sound on startup

Oakley999 · Nov 15, 2014

Im getting a sound from what I believe may be my optical drive, it sounds like I have a disc in there and it is moving, yet there isnt. It only happens at a random time within 5 minutes of startup. It isnt too loud but im just curious if anyone else has this or if my disc drive it faulty. I've had this for a good 2-3 weeks and I havent put a disc in it for about 1 1/2 - 2 months, so I don't see how it could've broken itself. anyway, thanks.

Phillip Corcoran · Nov 15, 2014

Are you sure the sound is coming from your optical drive? It shouldn't make any sound at all without a disc inside it (unless you operate the tray mechanism of course).

Agera One · Nov 15, 2014

Everyone/or old ones have. It's just as simple. t was done by the motherboard. If you take a look into the BIOS, the "boot priority order is set in order as HDD, optical drive, network, external or etc etc etc. So your motherboard powers up everything for a second at startup and thus the sound from the ODD. This is not an issue. I have it in my laptop for years too. But the ODD doesn't read or write

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I think if the HDD is slightly unresponsive on the startup, the mobo powers the oDD too for a second

Oakley999 · Nov 15, 2014

Im not overly sure. I can hear it when It starts up and im sitting on my chair above, as soon as i get off my chair and put my ear close to the front of my case it goes away, even when I get back up, its very strange. Its either the optical drive, or possibly the front fan, but the sound resembles a quieter sound of an xbox 360 disc drive working when you first put a disc in.

Oakley999 · Nov 15, 2014

Are you sure? I got my pc at the start of 2013, and the drive doesn't even have a name. Its just those ones with a rectangle button at the bottom right with a green light when its open. Surely laptop drives are different to desktops?

Agera One · Nov 16, 2014

I never had this issue with my PC, but with both my laptops. Still fine with my laptops.

Tradesman1 · Nov 16, 2014

Might get a little sound at start up when it initializes itself, it's also possible that you have something in startup that is looking for a file or data from a CD/DVD that you had and used to install a program or had data on.

Oakley999 · Nov 16, 2014

Tradesman1 :

Thats a good suggestion, do you know how to find any of these files that could be causing the noise? cheers.

Tradesman1 · Nov 16, 2014

First, I'd pull the drive and start the rig - if you still hear the sound, then it's not that drive, next try starting the rig with the SATA and power cables hooked and holding the drive, then you'll hear and or feel it if it's what's making the sound, if before it gets to Win then it's the initialization of the device from the mobo/BIOS, if it caomes as Windows starts, then it's Win seeing it and/or looking for something from the drive. If that's it, can look in startup and check the items there to see if any haven't actually started

Oakley999 · Nov 16, 2014

It only happens after windows starts. How do I stop windows from trying to use my disc drive or whatever? I checked startup options on norton and none of them are really related to the disc drive.

Tradesman1 · Nov 16, 2014

Does it do it when you start in safe mode?

Oakley999 · Nov 17, 2014

Sorry for the long reply, I haven't tried it yet, I'll let you know.

Oakley999 · Nov 17, 2014

On another note im just sitting here browsing not doing much and I can still hear a sound that resembles a disc spinning, it happens for about 1 second and goes away, its not too loud, and it doesnt sound very bad compared to those list of pc death sounds you can hear, I dont know if it is related or not, im certain it probably is.

Edit: its definitely the disc drive, when i put my ear right up against the closed tray, i hear a errrrrrrr sound, it can only be heard when you put your ear right against it, and also the low rumble sound of a disc moving. I'll get onto using safe mode, although i doubt it will make a difference. The errrr sound is still there when i open the tray, it may just be the sound of the disc drive on and working, the rumble seems to stop when the tray is opened.

Tradesman1 · Nov 17, 2014

Doubt it's anything that will bother anything, if you have another drive available try it and see if it does the same

Oakley999 · Nov 18, 2014

Okay, I don't have a second hard drive, but I mean, could my drive damage itself? It feels to me like it could probably rattle itself to death with how flimsy the disc tray is.

Oakley999 · Nov 23, 2014

Anyway, Confirmed thats its not any HDD or SSD by using chkdsk and crystaldisk info, both read 0 bad sector and good/ 100% good. If it gets any louder or if I have spare time, i'll take it down to my local repair shop as I have a warranty from the shop previously, anyway, thanks for the help and replies, its appreciated.

Tradesman1 · Nov 23, 2014

No worries!

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