my optical drive may be falling

JACKSON4040

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Nov 24, 2015
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OK so yesterday I turned on my computer and I herd a weird grinding and this consistently happens only when I boot up my computer. and after a long time of trying to find the source hoping that it was not my hhd I found that the noise was coming from my optical drive, my real question is if the optical drive does fail would it effect any of my other components in my computer, or if I would be able to install the drivers to my new graphics.
 
No it wont effect any other components. You can still install drivers, assuming you have internet. They will be available on the manufacturers website. If you do not have internet, download them on another computer to a flash drive and install that way.