DVD's now being ejected from drive

I've seen several posts about faulty DVD drives and now mine seems to be playing up.
I haven't watched any DVD's on my Macbook really until a few days back however now the drive just spits the discs back out.
I've tried standard DVD and DVD-R's some which were working fine yesterday and some fresh from the box but none are read (and they work fine on my PC). Audio CD's still seem to work though.
Is there anything I can try to help this, I've been through the page about optical drives in Apple support... although haven't tried resetting the PRAM yet.
There's an Apple Store just down the road which I'll try tomorrow if this carries on.
I was wondering if the drive needed replacing could I pay to have it upgraded to a Superdrive (and if anyone has done this how much it would be)?
Thanks,
Neil

That doesn't seem to have worked unfortunately... thanks for the reply Mort.

Similar Messages

Apple supplied OS 10.6.3 dvd is ejecting from drive during OS upgrade

I have received DVD of OS Snow Leopard (10.6.3) from Apple by post. I wanted to upgrade my existing OS 10.5.8 Leopard to 10.6.3.
But when I was trying to insert the installation disk (OS 10.6.3) it immediately ejects from drive. I checked with other DVD and also my older DVD of OS. 10.5.5 to check the drive and those were working fine.
I tried to run the DVD of OS Snow Leopard (10.6.3) to detect by my Mac Book Pro (5.1) using various methods but failed: (1) tried pressing C-key during boot (2) pressing option key during boot (3) tried in safe mode. all failed. I reset SMC but all failed to read the Apple supplied disk.
I tried the Snow Leopard disk to read using my Windows PC. It was detected in Windows laptop (but .dmg file was not shown as it was not Mac OS).
Please suggest.

That sounds as if the disc is faulty or unsuitable.

Why are all disks being ejected from my MacBook Pro?

Why are all disks being ejected from my MacBook Pro?

Likely that your optical drive is either failing or has a dirty laser lens and cannot read the disks.....

How to get a dvd to eject from drive when it won't automatically

Put in a dvd into my Mac and it won't play and it won't eject. Is there something I can do to get it to come out?

How do I eject a defective DVD?
How force eject disc
http://www.faqforge.com/macosx/how-to-eject-a-cd-in-a-mac-mini-with-pc-keyboard- and-mouse/
How to eject your disc?

Blank DVD +R eject from drive

Alright, I've been burning things with these same dvd's for the past couple days without a single problem, but all of the sudden today, my drive keeps ejecting the blank dvd's. It still works fine with movie dvd's, cds, and even the same dvd+r's that have data on them. What happens is, I put a blank dvd in, it sounds like it's trying, then makes a noise like a rock is in there skipping around, then it tries again and ejects. I have a macbook pro bought december 2009 brand new. Any help would be great, thank you.

If there was something that just needed to be cleaned, I don't think that the other types of discs would be working. Everything gets read just fine except for blank dvd's...

Unreadable DVD RW disk being ejected - can't erase/format it

Hi,
I was burning some files onto a DVD disk from a network drive, when the network went down. The DVD was thus left in some intermediate state, and now I can't seem to format/erase it so that I can reuse it!
Whenever I insert the DVD into my mac mini (OS X 10.5.6) the drive churns the disk for a bit and then spits it out. I don't get a chance to let the Disk Utility wipe the disk for reuse. Annoyingly I'd only just bought the bloody thing and it was my first attempt to use it. I used another disk from the same pack I bought and that worked, so it's not a disk incompatibility.
Is there some key modifier I can use to stop OS X trying to read the disk so that I can let Disk Utility get at it? I already tried changing the "CDs and DVDs" default behaviour from the preferences pane.
P

You now have a nice, shiny drink coaster. Cheap!
Unfortunately, optical disks, even RWs, can be so badly corrupted that nothing can figure them out well enough to even erase them. They are quite different from magnetic tapes or disks, which can be erased no matter their condition.

CD doesn't appear on desktop, can't eject from drive

Hi All,
I just got my new iMac today, love it! But when I inserted a CD into the drive, it won't appear on the desktop, and I can't eject it. I've tried these things:
-Restarting
-Restarting after pulling the power plug for 20 seconds
-Restart while holding down the mouse button
-Restart while pressing down the command-option-F-O keys
-Opening Disk Utility and selecting File > Eject (it's dimmed)
These are suggestions I found from other Discussion posts. Do you have any other suggestions? The last suggestion I read was to take it to the Apple store, I hope I don't have to do that.
From the number of posts I've seen on this problem, it seems to be common!
Thanks,
Lizzy

Restaart your Mac while holding down the trackpad or an the button on an external mouse

Unable to eject DVD from drive - tried all troubleshooting suggestions

Tried ejecting DVD using eject button on keyboard, using disk utilities, restarting computer and holding down mouse. Nothing seems to work. Any other suggestions for getting a DVD out that was inserted backwards and is not being read by drive?
Thanks!

Did you solve this problem? I seem to be in the same perdicament. My DVD-drive has vanished completely from the OS after I inserted a seemingly harmless dvd. And now none of the usual tips work.
-Bluesbro-

I,ve bought a new USB Super Drive and have plugged it in, but can't get the disc ejected from the drive.

I've bought a new USB SuperDrive, but don't know how to set it up. HAve put the cd in the machine, but now cannot eject it!

Have a look here for some suggestions for ejecting a stuck disk:
http://osxdaily.com/2009/08/28/eject-a-stuck-disk-from-your-mac-dvd-super-drive/

Blank DVD-R being ejected

When I insert a blank DVD-R it is ejected. No icon appears on my desktop
System Pref is set to iPhoto, how do I change this to "Open Finder"?

The drive accepts discs but they do not mount or are automatically ejected
Check the disc's surface for scratches and dirt, since these things can prevent the disc from appearing on the desktop.
Reset the Power Manager (PMU) or System Management Controller (SMC).
Ensure your drive can read the specific type of disc being used. For example a "combo drive" can read a DVD-R and burn a CD-R however it cannot burn a DVD-R. The utility System Profiler may provide additional information regarding what media your computer supports.
If the discs continue to not be recognized, please contact Apple, contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider, or make an appointment with an Apple Retail Store for additional troubleshooting, evaluation, or service.

How to boot from DVD & how to force eject DVD

Hi,
Just installed a new HD on my MBP. I inserted the leopard DVD and it was spinning for about 2 minutes and then nothing happned. Just black screen. Now I tried starting holding the C key down. Nothing. I tried starting holding the eject button down, no eject of the DVD. I tried holding the button below the tracklpad down, no eject of the DVD.
How to boot from a DVD?
How to force eject DVD?
What am I doing wrong?

I hope you get an answer to this as I'm sturggling to
A) start my computer as it just goes to a grey screen
B) Force Eject a DVD
Someone suggested the below on another thread, it didn't work for me but maybe it will work for you.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5869652#5869652
Re: Stuck on Grey Screen.. Won't Boot
Posted: Nov 16, 2007 1:34 PM in response to: aliray10 Reply Email
(I don't have my (no-longer booting) iBook in front of me to check this, but I think this is what I did last night....)
Boot single user -- hold down "cmd-S" immediately after you turn the computer on.
"diskutil list" will give you a list of your disks. My CD drive was disk1.
"diskutil eject disk" should eject the target disk.

CD is not ejecting from the drive.

Hello Discussions, I'm in need of some help here.
The CD I put in earlier does not want to eject from the drive. The computer reads it and all, I can explore the whole CD, but when I press the Eject button it doesn't want to come out. I've tried some of the things I've seen posted in other topics, like pressing the Eject key or the mouse button during start-up. Nothing has worked.
When I press the Eject key the disc stops moving and it attempts to come out, but it stops halfway and goes back in, and the computer recognizes it again.
Now, I don't want to be answering my own question here, but I'm thinking something could be in the way of the CD when I try to eject it. I've looked in the drive, went with an index card just around the opening, but there's nothing there that can be stopping the CD from coming out.
The drive to the nearest Apple store takes at least an hour, so I'm trying to resolve this at home. Anything I can do to get this CD out? Or will I end up having to schedule an appointment and get this checked out by a Genius? Hopefully I can avoid the latter..
Thanks for the help!
PowerBook G4 12'' Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi Javis,
I am experiencing EXACTLY the same problem as you with my 12"pb. The problem started immediately after doing a software update to OS X (10.4.9) and has never occured before that. Because of this i am hoping (and praying) this is a software issue, not a problem with the drive itself. Like you i can hear the drive begining to spit the disc out, but it never appears and the machine reads it again as if it were a new disc being inserted. I have tried everything i have found on the discussion forums, including rebooting with the apple, option, O and F keys held to enter the firmware control panel. typing 'eject cd' gives the same result as all other methods, even though the panel gives me the 'ok message'. I will let you know if i have any success....
I notice your post is from almost a month ago; have you had any success since then?
thanks
Dual 2GHz G5 / 12"pb 867MHz / isight Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I downloaded some videos to Premier Elements 13 from external hard drive but now the external hard drive is damaged. I tried to open the videos on the organizer which it shows the video but with a yellow ? and says missing file. Is there anyway I can open

I downloaded some videos to Premier Elements 13 from an external hard drive but now the external hard drive is damaged. While setting up my new MAC the external hard drive was dropped and I have been told by an outside source they could not retrieve the files. It had 4 years of photos and videos on it. I remembered that I had downloaded some of the videos from the external hard drive (before it was broke) to Adobe Organizer 13 when I installed the Adobe 13 on my MACOS X 10.9.5. I tried to open the videos on the organizer which it shows the video but with a yellow ? and says missing file. Is there anyway I can open these videos?
Any input is greatly appreciated!! I am sick over losing the videos and had a little hope on Adobe Organizer until I was unable to open them. I am thinking it is due to my external hard drive not being plugged in. I thought when I transferred from the external hard drive to Adobe 13 that it would be there without the external hard drive needing to be attached but maybe I did something wrong.
Thanks again for any help!!!!

jnrmendonca
It had 4 years of photos and videos on it.
To what did your camera record those photos and videos - camera's internal memory, inserted memory card, other?
Any remote chance that the latter may still exist for you to use to download the camera files to your new external hard drive?
ATR

Optical Drive reads some DVD's, but also ejects some - help

I just had a DVD made from an old video tape, put it in my MBP superdrive, it played just fine. I left it in the drive and the next morning when I woke up the computer, the DVD spun and then ejected. Since then it won't load at all. I've tried other DVD's, some work, some don't. The DVD plays just fine in my old iBook. In Disk Utility, I did the repair permissions, that didn't work. I have restarted, shut down and even reset the SMC, the DVD still won't play. My drive info: Model:HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N, Revision: AP09. This sort of thing has happened before with this drive. Any suggestions?

I've had similar problems with my original MBP early 2006's DVD drive, but a good squirt of compressed air in the slot seems to consistently fix the problem. A lot of dust here in AZ where I live
Hope that's all it is...-Karen-

NsBlocklistservice.js being read from Bootcamp drive

while running my snow leopard, using firefox 12 it produced an error of a non-responsive script has stopped. the script is "nsBlocklistservice.js. When I searched for the script I was not able to find it on my Local Apple snow leopard drive. But when I did a complete search of my entire drive it found the nsBlocklistservice.js file on my bootcamp drive. The boot camp drive is a read only drive and the file was being read from my Apple snow leopard OS side.
Is there a way of restricting reading the boot camp drive?

Hi! It's a miracle that I found your question on this discussion because THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO ME. It only started today. sometimes the disks keep ejecting after making some "noise" and other times they get stuck in there and I have to restart my Powerbook G4 (15") to get it to eject. I tried to repair the disk, but it won't let me and I can't get my disk warrior to stay in to check it. Will it need repair or replacement? What does it cost? Where do I take it? I live in Albuquerque and I think a new Apple store is opening here soon...should I take it there or to Comp USA or another "authorized dealer".
I'm telling you, I have used Macs since the BEGINNING (70s!); I currently own THREE Macs and I've NEVER had this problem! This computer is only a little over a year old! yikes! Thanks for answering my questions. I appreciate it.

DVD's now being ejected from drive

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for