lee majors Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 hey there, brand new and very happy new user of a shiny new vanilla leopard install, upgraded fully to 10.5.7 thanks to your amazing forum! (well mostly happy, still have to get my netgear WG311 wireless card working but that's another story...) Everything is working beautlfully, but something weird is happening. Whether there is a disc in the tray or not, something is regularly trying to access the DVD drive! About every 5 to 10 minutes my optical drive grunts, and a light flashes telling me the drive is being accessed. Is there any way I could track what this might be? Any help would be gratefully received... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/191463-what-is-trying-to-access-my-optical-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
personguy Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 i know this is from 2009, but after 8 different google searches for the issue this is still the only hit that matches my question. i have an iAtkos install of SL 10.6.3. with proper research and fiddling i got everything working nicely (except dual core recognition, and for some reason video isn't recording in photo booth, but no big complaints there). however, every 5 minutes or so, the optical drive is being accessed. i can hear the laser moving around, the motor spinning up and down, despite the fact that i haven't had a disc in the drive since installation. any hints/suggestions on this front? i'm not too worried about it, but it is rather strange behaviour. my drive info is: ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/191463-what-is-trying-to-access-my-optical-drive/#findComment-1758183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Boy Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 This is a known issue even for real macs. The only known fixes: 1. replace the drive with a sony optiarc. 2. keep a disk in the drive. 3. uncheck "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" in the Energy Saver Preferences. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/191463-what-is-trying-to-access-my-optical-drive/#findComment-1765853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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