My macbook pro 2006 model is not reading cds

What To Do About This

If your optical drive has lasted for more than 6 years, it's in better shape than most.
Sounds as if it's just time for a replacement drive, though. You can take the machine to your local Apple Store and have them put a new drive in, or if you're a DIY'er, buy one from OWC and install it yourself.
Good luck,
Clinton

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I've followed your 1 to 4 steps & then after clicking on the wifi icon, I found Wi-Fi: No hardware installed just beneath the icon. That means no Wifi hardware is installed in this machine. Do you have any suggestion about installing it? I mean how can I get that hardware? Is it available on internet? Thanks a lot again.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1381
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