Optical drive won't work after spill

I recently did something very stupid and spilt some coffee on my macbook pro. I shut it off right away and let it dry out, and i was pretty lucky because everything seems to work fine except for the optical drive. Now the computer does not recognize there even being an optical drive. I was just wondering what the best course of action is to take now.
Thanks,
Dave

If you are the DYS kind of guy you can buy a replacement and change it yourself. While you are at it you can clean the coffee remaining inside your MBP.
Once the broken optical is out you can wash it with fresh water to get the sugar out and let it dry in the oven at very low temp (it's dead anyway) . You have a slight chance to get it working again. It worked with a cell phone for me...
And the classic answer is: Call Apple.
After I dropped a soup over one of my PB's I learned the lesson...

Similar Messages

Why my MBP optical drive left to work after upgrade lyon ?

why my MBP optical drive left to work after upgrade lyon ?
somethinh about firme ware ?
i need a solucion and a explanation
becouse before the upgrade works perfect ?
somebody have´s the same problem !
i wiil go to the deep whit that , i dont like gifth my money to people selling bad products!!

haha! my native language?
if you only speak English I guess, but hey that part of the superdrive stopped working on my MacBookPro, when I did the upgradre to Lyon? so they understand or not?
thanks.

Optical drive doesn't work after installing itunes 11.0.5.5

After updating to iTunes 11.0.5.5 my optical drive does not work. I have put the same CD in another PC and it works fine. When I right click on the optical disc drive in 'Computer' I get the error message "Windows cannot access the specified device, or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item." If a CD is in the drive, the drive will either keep popping open or not open at all on its own. The CD will not open in any other player such as Windows Media Player either.

I read this article:
http://www.gearsoftware.com/wiki/index.php/CD/DVD_drives_disappear_after_install ing_iTunes
I did not have any AFS drivers.
This is what I did and my optical drive is now working:
1. Backed up iTunes
2. Unistalled iTunes
3. Tried to install iTunes 10.7 for Windows 64
http://support.apple.com/downloads/#itunes
4. When iTunes tried to launch I received the message "iTunes Library.itl cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes"
5. My computer would not recongize the optical drive at all now
6. I re-installed iTunes 11.0.5 for Windows 64
http://support.apple.com/downloads/#itunes
7. All my iTunes data is there and my optical drive works now
Note: I should clarify that before uninstalling iTunes 11.0.5 my optical drive worked sometimes. It would play maybe one song, both in iTunes and Windows Media Player and then stop working. The drive would also pop open on its own whether there was a disc in there or not. Also sometimes I had to manually open the drive with a paper clip.

Brtand New Mac Pro Internal Optical Drive Won't Work

Actually, this is a two parter. My new Mac Pro internal optical drive rejects every disk I insert. It won't read anything. Should I get it replaced? Part two: I have an external Sony optical drive which was working up until yesterday. Today, I was going to go through some disks and now THAT drive is rejecting everything. I had it connected via USB and changed it to a 400 to 800 firewire. I tried to read some disks again and still they get rejected. What can I do to correct these problems?

I am having the exact same problem with my mac pro since upgrading to 10.5.7 neither of my drives will read CD or DVD and it states that no burning software was found in the system profiler

Cube 450 optical drive won't work!

Hello fellow Power Mac G4 users!
In both of my Power Mac G4 450 and 500 Cubes, the DVD drives stopped working! The DVD Player app says "There was an initialization error. A valid DVD drive could not be found. {-70012}"
CD's don't work either and never appear on the desktop! Before I replace the drives, why do Cube drives fail while the same drives in my iMac G3's work perfect always? Is it because the Cube forces the drive to sit vertically? I downloaded VLC Player, but that won't work either.
I use this trick to get the discs out...
http://www.cubeowner.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13848
Also, I pulled my 450 apart and made sure the optical drive connector was seat properly.
Thank you in advance!

If you are the DYS kind of guy you can buy a replacement and change it yourself. While you are at it you can clean the coffee remaining inside your MBP.
Once the broken optical is out you can wash it with fresh water to get the sugar out and let it dry in the oven at very low temp (it's dead anyway) . You have a slight chance to get it working again. It worked with a cell phone for me...
And the classic answer is: Call Apple.
After I dropped a soup over one of my PB's I learned the lesson...

External optical drive won't work on macbook pro retina.

I have a macbook pro retina which doesn's have an optical drive. I have bought an optical drive. When I plug it in and put a disk in I can hear the disk spinning and the light comes on but nothing happens on my mac. It doesn't seem to recognise it. Any suggestions?

Anniefb1 wrote:
I have a macbook pro retina which doesn's have an optical drive. I have bought an optical drive. When I plug it in and put a disk in I can hear the disk spinning and the light comes on but nothing happens on my mac. It doesn't seem to recognise it. Any suggestions?
Just had that happen to me.
First, run Disk Utility and see if the SuperDrive (it is an Apple SuperDrive isn't it?) is listed. Is the disk you inserted shown? If not, hold down the option key and click the Apple menu - choose System Information and when that shows up, choose USB. See if it's listed there. If it is but neither the drive nor the disk you inserted appears on the Desktop, the side bar of the Finder window, or Disk Utility, return it for a refund (if it's within 14 days of purchase) or a replacement. That's what I had to do a few hours ago and the replacement works as it should.
BTW, if you want the disk you inserted back, and pressing the trackpad as you reboot doesn't eject the disk, as a last resort run Terminal and enter (copy and paste the following)
/usr/bin/drutil eject
to try to force the disk to eject. It probably won't work (it didn't for me) but if it does, at least you get that disk back.

DVD drive won't work after Mavericks upgrade

I upgraded to Mavericks from Snow Leopard, and ever since, my CD/DVD drive will not work. Discs spin, but then they are ejected. Doesn't matter what type of disc I put in.
The drive was working fine before I upgraded. I have reset the SMC and the NVRAM/PRAM, but the drive still isn't working.
Any suggestions for what else I can try?

Others here wouldnt recommend it, but on a new OS install, since I have a giant pile of HD, ...i just grab another HD and create a new fresh Time Machine backup
after its complete, I take the original HD with the OLD backup and format/erase it.
Im a tad too lazy to wait, as you yourself mentioned, 1 hour for TM just to PREPARE to backup. Nope, no,...not gonna do it.
I updated 4 Macs to Mavericks and id rather make a wholly NEW Time Machine backup on another HD and erase the original.
Since I keep about 12+ redundant archives of my important data, I have no worry on earth of ever losing data.
Time machine is a backup, NOT an archive for vital data.
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection

Optical drive won't work, won't eject

I've tried the namual eject hole at the side of the slot but for some reason, perhaps having to do with my rplacement of the hd, there is no spring eject whizmo to meet my probing paper clip. I am trying to load driver software for a Wacom graphire program. the slot puled the disk in, and there began its whirring. It did not read the disk. After a while the whirring stopped, still no cd icon on desktop. If I restart the computer, the whirring will resume, and then stop after a while. The "eject disk' option in the finder menu is grayed. Any other way to issue a command to the computer to eject the disk? Then...would one have suggestions about fixing the problem? Am I going to have to take the thing apart and get a net optical drive, and if so, how bad a job will that be?

Hey I'm new but I was given an iMac DV+ with a CD stuck inside AND supposedly my iMac was dead or broken...
If you took the time to investigate for an answer in the support documents you would have seen that they had a suggestion there..
1) turn you iMac on and at the sametime as it powers on press the manual eject with a paper clip (on the rightside - slot loading unit) this shoudl eject the CD.
2) But if it doesn't they suggest that you insert a CD part way in and it will dislodge the CD that's in there already.
Please go and look at the document for yourself for the exact description...
I did this and the CD eventually ejected slowly.... Do not insert your CD all the way in just part way... as instructed by Apple.
Hope this helps...

OPTICAL DRIVE WON'T WORK (PLDS DVD-RW DA8A5SH)

Hello all!I need some help everytime i insert a cd (dvd, movie, music, software, any kind!) in the optical drive the compute shows no response. I checked the Device Manager and it shows a yellow mark..Can someone please help me fix this?? And if I have to download the drive, where can I do it and how?? I hope someone can help methank you in advance!!! PS: Device shows this name PLDS DVD-RW DA8A5SH

How about if you right click that device in Device Manager and select Uninstall?
Then restart the system and see if it gets detected and installs automatically. Check after that.
Also, which laptop is this?

Optical drive no longer working after upgrade to Snow Leopard

I have read several of the posts about problems with the optical drive, but I think my problem is different.
I have a MacBook Pro, early 2008 (non-unibody)
Under Leopard, I had no problems with the optical drive. I purchased Snow Leopard (the single disc, 10.6.3 version). The upgrade went smoothly. From that moment on, the optical drive fails to read both CD's and DVD's.
I have reset SMC and PRAM/NVRAM, but that made no difference.
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
Bart Zorn

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Try running a DVD Lens Cleaner disc through it, a little bit of dust or dirt is all it takes to throw them out and it might just be co-incidental with the upgrade.

Dropped Macbook - optical drive won't work

Any one know what the cost would be for Apple to replace a superdrive in a Macbook? I just dropped mine, and the optical drive is the only thing affected - constantly tries to read a disc, can't eject it, etc.
Just looking for what it would cost....

OK, called the 2 local places (Apple authorized): First told me $129 for the drive + 1.5 hours labor at $69. Not too bad.
2nd place - told me $350 - ONLY if the drive wasn't damaged (Huh?). They said something about the drive being refurbishable by Apple was the only way they could do it. If it was damaged beyond what Apple would accept, would be $100 additional.
So - for now.....I took the system apart, and finally got the disc out, so the grinding stopped. So, for now, I've got a QUIET dead drive at least.
I plan on looking for a replacement drive and doing it myself. Thanks to all for helping!

Optical Drives no longer work after itunes8

I'm running on Vista and updated to iTunes 8. My computer has stopped playing CDs and DVDs. My drives didn't disappear as some people are seeing. Mine are still visible and accessible,I mean, you can go into them manually, but when I do it's just dozens of Video_TS and Audio_TS files. What do I do to get my computer putting them all back together again?/___sbsstatic___/migration-images/migration-img-not-avail.png I've spent a day working on this , Thanks

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Try running a DVD Lens Cleaner disc through it, a little bit of dust or dirt is all it takes to throw them out and it might just be co-incidental with the upgrade.

Keys won't work after spill....

OK, so last night I stupidly spilt some water on the right side of my Macbook. I removed the battery and am now running on outlet power, and I haven't experienced any other problems apart from that a few of the keys are now refusing to work (specifically the "p", zero, underscore and colon key). Can anyone help with this?

I suggest you do a search for macbook repairs uk. There are several places that could probably fix it for you cheaper than what Apple might charge. you could also get a quote from apple to be sure your getting the best price.
A temporary solution, which I know is cumbersome, is an external keyboard. This would at least let you use it until you can get it repaired.

HT3964 Hi folks, I own am IMac 27" running OS X 10.8.2. The optical drive has stopped working in that it accepts the disc but spits the CD, DVD even my original iMac install DVD back out, after attempting to read the disc. Any of you kind folks any ideas?

Hi folks, I own am IMac 27" running OS X 10.8.2. The optical drive has stopped working in that it accepts the disc but spits the CD, DVD even my original iMac install DVD back out, after attempting to read the disc. Any of you kind folks any ideas?

Have you tried one of those CD cleaning Discs yet?
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.

Optical Drive won't power on

Hi everyone,
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W520, and my optical drive won't power on. The problem is that it is by default set on "safe to remove", and when I want to use it, I have to remove it first and then put it back. BUT that won't work unless I reboot the machine after removal. I searched on this forum, but I did not find the solution for so far.
I found some topics on the optical drive, which describe that one can toggle an option for activating the optical drive in Power Manager, which I can not find in my version (6.36).
Is there any solution for this? I would like the optical drive to be powered on by default, and not in the "safe to remove" mode, so I can use it any time without having to remove the optical drive and rebooting the system.
Thanks in advance,
Jeroen
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Well....it may be fine for you to accept an inferior item, not I. I paid for a unit that was supposed to be fully operational and work as designed. I will not accept having to reboot every time I want to put a CD or DVD into my computer! That's like having to restart your car so the headlights work. Even if one doesn't drive at night, you would still expect the headlights to work ANYTIME you want them without the extra steps. I know "where" the issue is and I know "why" the issue is BUT unfortunately, there is not a fix I can find. Between uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and applications and etc. I give up. They will replace my unit according to Lenovo, with a brand new laptop. Should this one have the same issue, I will be disputing my CC charge, and sending the unit back to them for a full and complete refund. I wish I had a copy of WIn8 or Win7 without Lenovo's proprietary software embedded. I bet the unit would work as designed then, but to have them rewrite or add software with hooks directly into the core system is a recipe for disaster. I encourage you to do something about yours also. The more people that ALLOW this "type" manufactured fleecing, the more it will occur.
I guess I will find out just how well this replacement process works.

Optical drive won't work after spill

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for