Macbook..making noises when turned on?? Normal?

I have a 2.0ghz black macbook that i bought refurbished from apple and it always makes noises when turning on or returning from sleep, i read on apples website that its normal for these sounds. But honestly I owned a 15" powerbook before this and never had these sound problems, the noises almost sound like a a mini song,its weird, just want to double check if its 100% normal. Thanks

 

You mean the sound from the CD drive? That's normal.

 

I honestly dont know where the sound is comming from. I hope its normal.

 

Why does it matter whether it's normal? Either it bothers you or it doesn't, right? If it does bother you, but Apple thinks it's a "feature", then you'll have to bear with it, I'm affraid.

 

It would be helpful to us if you describe the noise.

 

I wanna know if its normal so i dont have to get it fixed???? Its deffinatly no feature, it just sounds like things are turning on but its like 3 sets of noises, it makes them, then stop then goes again and again its just weird because i never have that problem with my old powerbook.

 

Back up your data and take it into an authorized Apple repair center to get it inspected. You may have a faulty harddrive. It's normal to hear the drive platters spinning especially when accessing data while multi-tasking with several apps running. Though if you're hearing what sounds like the drive platters skipping all the time and not just once and a while then your drive may be about to fail.

 

I think what you are hearing is the SuperDrive. It makes a rather obnoxious noise when waking or booting.