My macbook won't read discs? Just spits them out?

[cootersgarage6]

Recently my macbook has been not reading discs. Now, when I put the disc in, it makes the normal weird loud sounds that the older Macbook's make when you put a disc in them, but after about 4 minutes, it just spits it out.... I didn't know if there was any trouble shooting I could go through inside the machines utilities or not...

Thank You!

 

[duke2k7]

Hi,

If you go to the system profiler and check the model of your drive, then you can check to see if there is a new firmware available from www.rpc1.org but firstly, try resetting the P RAM and SMC, that worked for me...

If I remember correctly, make sure that your macbook is charged, then unplug the power, and shut the unit down. Take out the battery, and then hold the power button for 5 seconds. Then replace the battery and turn on.

If that doesn't work, try shutting the unit down, then hold the apple key and the one to its left (alt key on mine with a bracnhing off line) and the p ley anf the r key, then power on, keep holding down whilst is chimes, itll shut down again and restart, let go of the keys.

You have now reset the PRAM and the SMC, like I said this worked for me.

Ironicall the drive in my macbook is now dead after applying the superdrive 2.1 update so dont apply that, or has the unit only started playing up after you applied this update?

Hope that helps.

if all else fails, you can get a cheap replacement UJ-857C drive for $39 from www.eeshops.com

Good luck.

 

[jav6454]

Recently my macbook has been not reading discs. Now, when I put the disc in, it makes the normal weird loud sounds that the older Macbook's make when you put a disc in them, but after about 4 minutes, it just spits it out.... I didn't know if there was any trouble shooting I could go through inside the machines utilities or not...

Thank You!

Are the disks scratched when spitted out?

 

[aymarp]

Hello !

Are the disks scratched when spitted out?

I was reading this thread since my MBP has been spitting out cds in the same way, however YES they are also scratched upon being ejected. I know this for sure because I tried inserting a brand new blank DVD as well.

My System Configuration is as follows :


Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
Serial Number (system): W89253LK66E
Hardware UUID: E8E4A5C0-4EFA-5862-91FD-759C8FBE7DD0
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Disc Burning :

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N:

Firmware Revision: SB00
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh


DO let me know if you have any suggestions / advice

Thanks in advance !

Cheers.