MacBook Pro - HELP! with MBP casing

desimac · desimac #1 (**permalink**)

02-04-2008, 02:08 AM

Hi,

I happened to drop my mbp off my bed which ended up doing nothing but denting the aluminum frame right at the optical drive so that a cd doesn't go in or out. i already had a cd in there and i guess the drive got messed up in the process and so it rejects reading the cd, which means it keeps ejecting but bc the cd cant come out, it goes back in and does that over and over again. anyone know how i can temporarily disable the cd drive? and anyone know what the best way to replace the frame is?

thanks again

Skyrider007 · Skyrider007 #2 (**permalink**)

02-04-2008, 03:50 PM

sounds like it needs a repair!

Weird Fish · Weird Fish #3 (**permalink**)

02-05-2008, 12:11 AM

Are you still under Warranty?

I'm not sure if this will work, but try to go into System Preferences, and click "CDs & DVDs"

Change all of these to "Ignore".

Derek McNelly · Derek McNelly #4 (**permalink**)

02-05-2008, 02:29 AM

My friend had this problem with his MBP, after he accidentally dropped a 20 pound barbell on it. We had a CD stuck in the drive at the time, and what we did, and I'm saying do this as a last resort, is take a wider flathead screwdriver and slightly stick it in the drive and twist it just a little bit along the length of the drive. With a little work, we were able to get the CD out, and it works fine again.

Again, not the best idea, but it does work if you're really stuck in a jam.

christm · christm #5 (**permalink**)

02-05-2008, 02:40 AM

If you have apple care then try and take it into an apple store and they may repair it.

Derek McNelly #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 04, 2008 Location: Center Line, Michigan Posts: 1,574 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.0 GHz C2D - iPod Classic 80GB - iPhone 3GS 8GB	02-05-2008, 02:29 AM My friend had this problem with his MBP, after he accidentally dropped a 20 pound barbell on it. We had a CD stuck in the drive at the time, and what we did, and I'm saying do this as a last resort, is take a wider flathead screwdriver and slightly stick it in the drive and twist it just a little bit along the length of the drive. With a little work, we were able to get the CD out, and it works fine again. Again, not the best idea, but it does work if you're really stuck in a jam. MacBook 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo - 4 GB RAM - 320 GB HDD - OS X 10.6 80 GB iPod Classic - "fredPod II" 8 GB iPhone 3GS - "fredPhone" MoTM February 2009
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Member Since: Dec 18, 2005 Location: Devon, England Posts: 2,295 Mac Specs: ibook g4, imac 2ghz c2d, mbp 2.4ghz c2d - 10.5.1	02-05-2008, 02:40 AM If you have apple care then try and take it into an apple store and they may repair it. my website-templemurray.com professional event photography updated daily http://www.last.fm/user/christm3 mac tips n tricks - http://uk.youtube.com/christm3
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desimac #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 04, 2008 Posts: 1	02-04-2008, 02:08 AM Hi, I happened to drop my mbp off my bed which ended up doing nothing but denting the aluminum frame right at the optical drive so that a cd doesn't go in or out. i already had a cd in there and i guess the drive got messed up in the process and so it rejects reading the cd, which means it keeps ejecting but bc the cd cant come out, it goes back in and does that over and over again. anyone know how i can temporarily disable the cd drive? and anyone know what the best way to replace the frame is? thanks again
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Skyrider007 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 07, 2007 Location: Loughborough, England Posts: 449 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro (Early 2008) 2.4GHz 4GB RAM running 10.5.4	02-04-2008, 03:50 PM sounds like it needs a repair!
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