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Hey there, A couple of months ago my 3 years old MacBook Pro started to eject any disc I inserted. Can anyone tell me this matters software or hardware. I already opened up my MB and checked the connectors. Is there anything else I can do? Thank you. Jannes
I really think it’s just a bad optical drive. I see them like that all the time. Someone who repairs optical drives might have more to add (spray it out with canned air?), but in my computer repair travels, optical drive constantly kicking out CD = bad drive. I don’t think it’s software, but to rule that out, just boot in option mode (hold down the option key while powering on), and once the option menu comes up, put in a CD. If it kicks it out, then, voila!, you’ve confirmed the hardware problem still occurs with no OS or other software loaded.
I had the same problem on my MacBook Pro. Try the lens cleaner DVD. Worked for me. Good luck :)
Well if you’ve tried all that then I think you should replace the optical drive. But just to check, try using an external disc drive and see what happens. If it spits them out too, it is probably a software problem
You could try booting from an OS disc - hold down the ‘Option’ key when turning on the computer. When the hard drive icon appears, insert a bootable OS disc - either the grey disc 1 which came with your computer or a retail Leopard/Snow Leopard DVD. If the drive spits the disc out at this point, it is 100% a defective drive.
Had the same problem. Buying a disc drive cleaner did the job.
