Eject Sound at wake-up and start up

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I have a mac book that I recently fumbled and dropped from a very low height, like 6 inches, and now whenever I start up my computer it sounds like it is trying to eject a disk...
Is this a problem?
If so how would i fix this problem?
 
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Hi, Welcome to M-F!

Is it a problem?
Not really, all the drive is doing is checking if there is a CD/DVD in the drive.

Are you sure that the sound didn't do this before the drop?
Because before apple released a update for the MBP's Firmware that stops this, mine used to do this too.

I don't know the specs of your Mac, so check your software update for a EFI Firmware update, maybe there is a update for the MB's also.
 
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My old Macbook used to do that every time I started it up. Was never a problem, had it since 2006, now my Dad uses it and the drive is still functioning :)
 
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Every computer (unless you specifically change the boot order) will always check to see if it can boot from an external device before it boots from the default system boot. This is so that if you ever find your default system boot corrupted, you can boot from a CD, USB stick etc to fix it. The sound of your drive attempting to search for a CD is perfectly normal.
 
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My iBook does the same exact thing. Perfectly Normal.
 
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My MacBook still does that to this day. It's normal. And my MacBook is a first gen that I've had for 4 years now.
 

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