Doolop Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 My optical drive is broken, and makes a LOT of clicking noises when i start it up. Is there a way to just disable it entirely through some sort of software modification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 What about replacement? Apple care? I don't think there is a software that can disable the optical drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 4, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 4, 2010 You can open the thing up and simply unplug the ribbon cable from the board - but as far as I know the side effect for this is that the system fans stay permanently on 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doolop Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 I dont want to spend money to get it replaced. No one uses optical media anymore and i just want it to stop making noises. I am not too into the idea of my fans going all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 4, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 4, 2010 I think you've ran out of options - the drive will power up and click no matter what, as long as it's getting power. Software won't alter this behaviour. Even if the drive is disabled by software, it will still continue to power up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I dont want to spend money to get it replaced. No one uses optical media anymore and i just want it to stop making noises. I am not too into the idea of my fans going all the time. Doesn't cost much if you don't go through apple for the part And if you have a PPC Mac it Can't boot everything An Intel mac can from USB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 And if you have a PPC Mac it Can't boot everything It can still boot from an external FireWire drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Now if only they made PPC MacBooks ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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