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Early 2011 MBP won't take DVDs

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lightning33

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So I just bought an early 2011 13" Macbook Pro (a new-to-me kind of thing) from my brother-in-law. I tried to play a DVD and it takes the DVD, but then there is some buzzing/grinding (not the best word, but it's all I got) and then it spits the DVD back out without anything happening. It seems like it cannot spin the disc. I tried seveal DVDs and it happened to them all.



I put Mavericks on the machine. My BIL put in 8 GB RAM and a 1 TB hard drive before I bought it.



Thoughts?
 
It's pretty common, it will be a hardware problem. I've always just replaced the disc drive when that happens, not sure if someone has had any luck in repairing the drive itself.
 
About $140 CDn for a Superdrive replacement at the Genius bar. Cheaper just to get an external DVD drive.

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About $140 CDn for a Superdrive replacement at the Genius bar. Cheaper just to get an external DVD drive or an AppleTV and rent the movie.
 
lightning33 said:
So I just bought an early 2011 13" Macbook Pro (a new-to-me kind of thing) from my brother-in-law. I tried to play a DVD and it takes the DVD, but then there is some buzzing/grinding (not the best word, but it's all I got) and then it spits the DVD back out without anything happening. It seems like it cannot spin the disc. I tried seveal DVDs and it happened to them all.



I put Mavericks on the machine. My BIL put in 8 GB RAM and a 1 TB hard drive before I bought it.



Thoughts?
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If you are a little handy and have the right tools, you can do it yourself.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Early+2011+Optical+Drive+Replacement/5122

The drive you can get off of eBay for about $40.
 
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