Optibay Superdrive not working!

[PhelpsiPhan]

Hey guys, Just installed an MCE Optibay in my 13" mid 09 MBP and love it! 2 HD's in my 13, Love it!

But the main reason i got it from MCE and not an El cheapo one is that it cam with a free external superdrive enclosure which i had heard were good quality.

I plug it in, It powers up, it takes a disc, spins, but is not recognised on the computer. Not through the finder or through System profiler! I haver e-mailed MCE about it but want to know what you guys think aswell

Thanks for any help

Jon

 

[PhelpsiPhan]

can anyone help?

 

[danetello]

You may need to format the hard drive before your macbook will recognize it. You can do this through Disk Utility.

 

[Mal]

You may need to format the hard drive before your macbook will recognize it. You can do this through Disk Utility.

Reading comprehension is a good thing. It's his SuperDrive (optical) that's not working, not the hard drive.

OP, I'd suggest calling MCE and seeing if they'll just send you a replacement case. Unless you're plugging something in wrong (either internally or externally), it's probably just bad. Warranty should cover that though.

jW

 

[idea_hamster]

Did you run that piece of software that MCE sends with the Optibay?

Never used it, but IIRC, they include a small program that allows the Superdrive to be recognized by programs like Apple's DVD Player that generally won't work without an internal Superdrive.