Iv got a japaneese psp and have had it since febuary, my drive is very quiet, however one of my mates got his psp a week after me (he saw it and couldnt resist!! \\:o/ ) and his drive is very noisey.
Another one of my mates gotta us one at the us launch and his drive is also very noisey. None of us has dropped thier baby

so its got nothing to do with that.
We have even tested the same UMD is the 3 different psp's and they where very loud on their 2 and almost silent on mine.
Cant wait to get back to uni now as there is 8 of us with PSP's now, they all copied off me! :lmao:
Just for the record my UMD collection is as follows :
Wipeout Pure (US)
NFL Street 2 : Unleashed (US)
Tony Hawks Underground 2 : Remix (US)
Lumines (US)
World Tour Soccer (US)
Gretzky NHL (US)
Ridge Racers (JAP)
And currently on my memory stick i have :
Virtua Tennis
Need For Speed Underground
Fired Up
World Snooker Championship
Mega Drive Emulator and 30 Games
Snes Emulator and 12 Games
I also got loads of games on my pc, i swap em around a bit now and then when im bored of em. Then come back to em later, just need to find a 10gig memorystick

To replace my 1gig which i currently have.
Gonna buy some more games once i get some more cash togeather, will probs buy Virtua Tennis and Tiger Woods 2006, oh and WE9
Cheers
Scottio