Its a bummer, but what can i do now?
So I received my new macbook over the holidays, and it has been working perfectly. Up until now.
The optical drive has decided to quit on me! I had literally just put on Microsoft office mac on my laptop, and then went to add some music to my library, and the drive isn't working. It loads it fine, then spins the disc at a high speed, then stops, then starts to spin it again. It repeats this until i press the eject button enough times to have the disc finally eject. I tested it out with many discs, and it does the same to all of them, with difficulty ejecting. Once and a while it will read a disc, but for the majority of the time.... nothing.
Looking at some of the other entries, most people have gone to the apple store to get the drive replaced. I was wondering if I have the same issue as these people, or if there is an easier fix than going down to my local apple store?
Before you give up and take it back try one of those cleaner CDs you can buy at Stapples. It sounds like your laser lens may have gotten dirty and can't read the disks most of the time.
Good luck and let us know how you made out.
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