My MacBook Pro accepts the DVD but does not read it ( no icon too )- I cant eject it too!!
Hi,
I have a MBP 8.2. My MBP accepted a DVD in but after some whirring noises, it does not show any DVD icon or read the DVD. I checked to see if i could see the icon in My diskUtility; but it isnt shown there. I opened iDVD and checked if i could open a new project,; it asks me to insert a DVD. So apparently it doesnt know there's a DVd in it.
I tried restarting while pressing the trackpad button, but it doesnt work . I think Ive tried almost all the tricks mentioned on every site. I dont want to do the Card trick as it would make my warranty void. I should also probably mention there is no emergency eject hole.
Please HELP! Is there any other way to get the CD out? . Also would upgrading to Lion help with this problem??
Have you tried to enter in Terminal (in the Utilities folder):
drutil eject
and then press the 'return' key.
If that fails, position the MBP where gravity is your friend, shake it a bit with a vacuum cleaner engaged.
Last resort is the Apple store.
Ciao.
Installing Lion will not solve this problem.
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This one works:
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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Message was edited by: armandix
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