Hello, I own a Dell Precision M6800 laptop equipped with the stock GS40N DVD writer. When powering on the system the DVD drive makes a loud noise as if it is trying to load a disk while there is no disk present in the drive bay. The noise disappears if I leave a disk inserted and power on the system, but this is hardly a solution for the issue.
The drive performs ok the rest of the time, it's making the loading noise only when I switch on the laptop or when exiting the BIOS setup, but not when restarting from the OS, so I think it's something related to the POST checkup that is performed when powering on the system. I have updated the BIOS through every version released, including the latest version A14, but the problem is still present.
Is this noise normal for this DVD drive model? it's quite annoying.