MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846:stopped reading

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I was burning a cd on my PowerBook G4 17" Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a) when the drive stopped reading and started to make loud noises. now i can't read any disk or dvds. not even showing on the deck top.

can anyone help?
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MacMini 14.3, 8.1 & 4.1, OS 13.5, 10.14, & 10.11 & 10.6; Macbook Pro 8.2, OS 10.12.
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Matshita drives fail regularly. It looks like you'll need to replace the optical drive, but with a different brand, Pioneer recommended. Search YouTube for videos on how to go about changing the optical drive in a Powerbook.
 

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