Software disabling Macbook optical drive OSX 10.4.11


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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?

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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%.

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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.

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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.

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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

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