On my iMac the superdrive keeps ejecting my blank DVD. What's the fix?

It's a DVD-R Verbatim disk. What's the fix?
Thanks.

First thing is try another brand of DVD-Rs. Some are more reliable than others.
If that doesn't work, does it eject CDs as well? Movie DVDs?
Let us know, we'll keep working with you.
Best of luck.

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My iMac superdrive keeps making clicking noises as if its trying to eject a dvd even when I have not used it for a while

Reset the SMC > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
If it doesn't work, it's possible that the SuperDrive is damaged. Take the iMac to an Apple Store or reseller

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I have never tried to use this function of my mac before, but I bought the type of DVD listed in Finder under DVD and every time I put it in there it comes back out! Help!

USMCwife-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards.
As mentioned, the drives can be picky about the media that they use. My guess is that you may not have a DVD burner in that unit.
Go to the Apple menu ->About this Mac ->More Info and up pops the System Profiler. In the left column should be a heading called "Disc Burning". Click on that and it should tell you what kind of media you can use and whether or not it should read or write DVD's.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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hi my combo drive just keeps ejecting cds and dvds is it broken? can it be fixed if so? or will it need to be replaced?

I've found a fix for this. The problem is that the Combo Drive won't recognize any DVD-ROM or CD-ROM or even blank CD-Rs. There's a Apple Knowledge Base article that tells you how to reset the PMU or Power Management Unit. In my case my "12 PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz with Combo Drive wasn't recognizing the bundled iLife '05 DVD-ROM. Resetting the PMU fixed it & allowed the PowerBook to recognize the iLife '05 DVD-ROM. Here's a link to the Knowledge Base article with instructions on how to reset the PMU: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449.

URGENT: MBPro Superdrive can't recognize blank DVDs

Hi I have this MacBook Pro (Model version 3,1) purchased last August and I am covered by AppleCare since this July. I currently wanted to burn some data into blank DVD+/-RWs through Toast Titanium, but failed. Sometimes Finder recognizes the existence of a blank DVD inside the drive, but most of the time it just doesn't at all and ejects my blank DVD. In Toast, whenever I tried to burn the data, which is like 4.3GB worth, it "completes" the process at the blink of an eye, which means it didn't burn anything at all.
I've tried multiple DVDs and brands and it just won't work. I have also tried resetting PRAM but to no avail.
This is very annoying since I have to burn the data and mail the DVD out within these 3 days, so it's quite urgent and I didn't expect this to happen since I seldom use the Superdrive and I've been very tender with the slot-loading.
If anyone could help or refer me to a previously-dealt similar case, I would be very glad. Thanks.

Woops! I just realised that my 1st post to this topic didn't get posted so my subsequent one (which is the one listed) doesn't really make sense.....
......anyway, I was probably moaning about the drive with some specifics. Yep, it was cd reading/burning that was the main infuriating problem and had my visit to the genius bar this morning. The guy tested the drive through his operating system and its still didn't work so yes, he said the drive is useless. Only 2 years old and not overused at all but I do have a slight dent on the casing near the drive which may or may not have made any difference. He said to buy an external rather than replacing the internal which I did - a LaCie d2 and have just raced through loads of old music cds which is great and backed up lots of stuff to cd which is great too. And its fast.
More money I know but couldn't stand the frustration anymore and its a result and no more time wasting.

My superdrive keeps ejecting even empty.

My supredrive keeps ejecting without having any disc in.
I also figured that everytime the mac feels a hit around it or in the keyboard... like a hard one...
then u can hear the superdrive ejecting.
carlos

I've been fighting this same problem. It got worse after installing 10.5.6.
But I think I found a remedy. I've posted it here:
http://discussions.apple.com/messageview.jspa?messageID=8665905&stqc=true

My external Superdrive keeps ejecting.

Hi, I have recently gotten an external Apple Superdrive and it keeps ejecting. I've only had it for four days now. The problem is when I try copying CD's onto my iTunes library. It happens on complete random CD's, no matter how clean they are. I've even tried a few brand new CD's and it did it. It happens when it gets to the last 2-6 songs on the disc, depending how many songs are on the disc. I can hear the whirring of the CD slow and suddenly the disc ejects. It has been doing this since the second day I've had it, but has been happening more frequently now. Is my Superdrive faulty? Or is this just error they have?
Also, it has been giving me slow speeds when importing CD's between 4x to 10x on brand new dics. My old computers built in drive had speeds 2 to 3 times this much.

Return it for one that works.
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I've just installed a fresh copy of Mavericks and have a strange problem.
My Apple Mac Pro "Eight Core" 2.4 (2010/Westmere) boots up fine until it gets to the Mavericks sign on screen and if there is a disk inside the superdrive then ejects it. I have 1 superdrive and a MCE Blu-Ray drive and both behave in the same manner.
So, I booted up from my old LM and it doesnt do it, I cant ever recall my Mac doing this in LM, Lion or SL, Leopard.
My Mavericks install has various software installed on it and thought it may be one of the apps playing up and causing the disk to eject. I formated a new drive and installed Maverick on it and it still ejected the disk.
So, software ruled out! I set about resetting my NVRAM & PRAM still didn't cure it.
Booted up in Safe Mode and still the same.
Ran Apple Hardware Test (AHT) no problems found.
Ran pernissions repair and still keeps doing it.
I know the simplest thing would be not to have a disk inside the drive but it's little things like this that eeeeerrrrrr!!!!!! you know what I mean!
I'm out of ideas, anyone else have this problem? and help?
Below is my hardware overview:
Model Name:          Mac Pro
Model Identifier:          MacPro5,1
Processor Name:          Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number of Processors:          2
Total Number of Cores:          8
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache (per Processor):          12 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:          5.86 GT/s
Boot ROM Version:          MP51.007F.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.39f11
SMC Version (processor tray):          1.39f11
Serial Number (system):          YM03420YEUF
Serial Number (processor tray):          J503303RYBH8A
Hardware UUID:          53A5F426-72FB-5420-9B33-00BD183DAC49

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How do I eject a blank DVD-R?

I inserted a blank DVD-R intending to produce a DVD using iDVD. My iMac made a lot of noise moving the disk around after I inserted it, way more than normal. I tried to make a DVD, but iDVD said to insert a blank disc and there is one in the computer already. There is no icon for the blank DVD in my desktop, so how do I eject it?
Thanks for your help.

The problem is finally solved. I was using the last blank DVD from the spindle. The manufacturer had attached a piece of cardboard to the back of the blank DVD. I didn't notice it before I put it in my iMac. When I took my iMAC to the Apple store they eventually figured it out and got the blank DVD out. Why the manufacturers feel the need to attach paper to blank DVDs is something hard to understand.
I'm going to look carefully at each blank DVD before I put it in the computer from now on.

Superdrive won't recognize blank DVDs

This problem sounds similar to several I've seen here, but appears to be different, hence a new topic.
My PB has been in to Apple for repairs "several" times, and has multiple logic boards replaced and the DVD drive replaced at least 2x in the past 12 months.
I have the CD and DVD prefs both set to "ask". CD media immediately pops up the "You inserted a blank CD." dialog, so I know the drive is online and working. CDs with content load and run fine.
DVDs do not. Some DVDs burned on my 15" iMac read fine, while others get ejected or have read errors. Trying to burn off my nearly full internal disk to data DVDs, I've tried Disk Utility and Toast, and it doesn't matter. I get the same result. The program asks for a writable DVD; I insert a blank DVD; The drive churns for awhile; I hear a beep every so often while it is churning; The DVD is ejected without ever being seen by the Finder, Disk Utility or Toast.
I hadn't tried to burn a DVD since it last came from the shop, so I do not know if this specific drive ever worked for burning, but previous drives all worked fine. The fact that the DVDs never register anywhere I can see before getting ejected is just weird.
Is there some software config problem here, or should I just take the PB back to Apple and say, it doesn't work. Help. This is pretty frustrating.
It's not the DVD media, because it works fine in the iMac, and my other PB.
PB Ti G4 1Ghz 10.4.7 512MB/ 15" iMac G4 800Mhz 10.3.9 256MB Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Although, since when has a DVD that was rated for a higher speed NOT been able to be burned at a slower/lower speed?
Since always, if the data layer in the disc is sufficiently different from what the drive expects. In a high-speed drive, a disc with a high speed rating can be burned at any speed within the drive's range, often including very low speeds. But in a low-speed burner, high-speed media may not be usable at any speed, because its data layer is very different from what the drive was designed to work with. You may not be able to see the difference easily, but the drive does, and rejects the disc thinking it's defective.
Back before DVD drives and media were common, this problem arose all the time with people trying to read early CD-RW discs in the CD-ROM drives of older Macs: it couldn't be done. When the speed ratings of CD-R media skyrocketed to 48x and 52x, some CD-ROM drives couldn't read the high-speed CD-R media either, though that problem was less common.
When optical drives generally cost upwards of $200-250, it was hard to tell anyone that the simplest solution was to replace the outmoded drive with something newer and more capable. Now that you can buy a slot-loading high-speed dual-layer DVD burner with all the bells and whistles for under $100, it behooves anyone who can use those capabilities to go ahead and get one. As for me, I've never tried to burn a DVD in my UJ-815, and now that slow media are almost impossible to find, I probably never will. If I decide to burn more than one or two DVDs sometime, I'll replace my drive. You might save yourself some hassle by doing the same.
As for -RW media, I never bother with it: it's way overpriced and too often has problems. I've always had good luck with the cheapest CD-R discs on sale at Costco, Staples, etc. for about 15 cents apiece in large packages. I occasionally burn an archival disc using high-priced 200-year Delkin or MAM-A media, but for the most part, cheapies serve me fine.

Ejecting a blank DVD

Good Morning,
For the first time, I'm trying to burn some pics to a DVD. I insert a blank DVD+R disk into the iMac's disk drive. My system doesn't seem to recognize the blank - it doesn't show up in Devices in Finder. Since it doesn't show there, I'm not able to use Finder to eject it.
Prior to inserting that blank, I had played another DVD video earlier with no problems and Finder showed that disk in Devices.
1. How do I eject that disk?
2. If Finder showed the DVD video disk in Devices earlier, why doesn't Finder see that blank disk?
I have an iMac 24 with Lion installed.
Thanks in advance! Vince.

Hi, I just had a similar problem, and found that Option+Eject would eject a blank dvdrom. (OSX 10.6.8 on friend's recent, big iMac.)
Apparently, if Finder does not recognize a filesystem on media, it does not display an icon for it in the Finder sidebar (and no eject button next to it).
To reproduce: insert blank dvdrom; in about 15s a dialog comes up, asking what to do; choose Ignore. Now try to eject. Eject button does nothing. Option+Eject does eject the media.

Superdrive no longer recognises blank DVDs

Mac and Disk Utility accept MOST CDs (blank, self-burned or commercial), and accept commercial DVDs, but spins then spits out blank DVDs, and claims some CDS (burned on the same Superdrive) have zero content, though it successfully burned a cheapo CD yesterday and opens it fine today
This has come on suddenly, as everything was fine until about a fortnight ago. I've tried DVD blanks for four or five different manufacturers (including DVDs from a bargain-basement spindle which it happily burned to until this - all brands now spun then ejected.
Tried cleaning laser, repairing permissions, logouts & restarts etc. Can't find anything in these or MacFixit forums that helped.
Any suggestions?
TIA,
Bill

You could try posting this in the hardware forums but I'd say your drive is ready for replacement. Is this the original drive? With the low cost (in most cases) of replacement drives these days it sometimes isn't worth a huge amount of effort working with the drive, especially since there really isn't all that much you can do. The variable nature of the issue suggests something is going in the hardware, rather than a software issue. Burned media is usually the hardest for a drive to read and that's what you're seeing.
Pioneer drives are usually compatible with Macs and have replaced many a Superdrive in the G4 forums.

PB ejects/rejects blank DVD's

Hi All,
I have read a similar thread but there appears to be little difinitive solution.
My PB superdrive worked fine until recently. Having rebuilt my iPhoto library (fantastic advice available on that folder!) I decided to back it up to a DVD.
Both blank Memorex and JVC DVD-R's are rejected/ejected after a very brief spin. (Not going to buy any more...!)CD and DVD recorded medium work fine.
On a previous thread it is suggested it may be a software update prob? I have updated on each available occasion up to present 10.3.9 with no know previous probs.
I would appreciate any advice or solutions.
Thanks.

The TDK DVD-R works fine - phew!
Anyone want to buy a pile of blank DVD+R discs?
(Bizarre thread - start to finish all to myself. Can I award points for successful advice?)

How do I eject a blank DVD....

....that is NOT showing up on the desktop??
I had the same problem with iDVD '08 that many others were having and found the solution in this forum and thanks a lot for that fix! It worked like a charm!
But I still have work to do on a video in iMovie before I burn it to a DVD but there's already a blank DVD in the machine but how do I get it out?????
Thanks!!!

Thanks but that's the first place that I checked (system preferences) and I have it set to open iDVD when inserting a blank DVD.....not 'ignore'. But thanks for the suggestion.
Seems that it has something to do with the leftover files from the older version of iDVD. The new version in iLife '08 needs some minor tweaking to get it to open.

My imac superdrive keeps ejecting my install disk .

I keep having freeze issues and would like to boot up on my install disk so I can use disk repair. However it will not accept the disk. It just ejects it.
help
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Not sure which iMac you have or what OS X it is running, but
If your iMac is running Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks, use OS X Recovery instead of the Install Disc.
see > OS X: About OS X Recovery
If your iMac is running Snow Leopard or earlier, then something is wrong with your Superdrive or your Install Disc.
If other DVDs and CDs are working in your Superdrive, then contact Apple Support and order a new Install Disc.
see > http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
If no DVDs or CDs are working in your Superdrive....?
1. Try the steps, at > Apple Computers: Troubleshooting the slot-loading SuperDrive
2. Try cleaning it with a Lens cleaning kit. example > Memorex-CD-DVD-Player-Laser-Lens-Cleaner
3. Contact your local AASP and make a service appointment. see > https://locate.apple.com/

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