MacBook Pro :: Strange DVD Drive Noises After Dropping / Grinding Noise At Beginning Of Startup

Sep 10, 2010

Just accidentally rolled my MacBook Pro over a chair (About the height a little over one MacBook Pro's screen) while it was inside it's case.)

I then later found that it had strange DVD drive noises after the drop-There were 2-3 DVD grinding noises longer than the usual grinding noise at the beginning of a startup.

Is my DVD drive now dead?

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MacBook :: Strange Noises After Installing Updates / Noise Coming From Fan?

Dec 21, 2010

I recently purchased a gently used MacBook. Running 10.5.8. The computer sounded and operating perfectly until I made the following software updates:

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Sep 24, 2009

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Mar 13, 2012

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