My MacBook Pro is spitting out my DVDs. I tried many discs and they all got spat out. Its an early 2008. The drive is a HL-DT-ST dvdrw GSA-s10n. Do I need a new drive?
Hi. Need some help here. My MacBook Pro is spitting out my DVDs. I insert them and they knock around awhile making whirring noises, then out they come. Refuses to play them. I've tried many. I have an early 2008 model and the drive is a HL-DT-ST dvdrw GSA-s10n. Do I need to get a new drive? Thanks for any help or comments.
My old Early 2008 MBP used to do that every now and then in the last years of its life. Got a dry-type optical drive cleaner, the kind that is a CD with 4 rows of very fine and soft bristles glued on the "business side". Memorex was the brand I got, good for 20-30 uses. Ran it thru every time the drive acted up, never failed to restore functionality.
Of course, the Mac would later go on and blow its logic board. And that was that.
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