I got a brand new Macbook Pro 13 for my birthday in May 2010 (2.66 C2D, 320 HDD,4 GB DDR3 1067). Recently, I updated to Lion and am 10.7.2 after a completely clean erase & install.
I've had no problems with my laptop until yesterday. I tried to burn a CD, and nothing happened when I put the CD-R in. I could hear a very soft, barely audible rhythmic humming sound, but the CD-R never showed up in the Finder.
I've tried to insert a couple of other CD-r's with the same result, so then I tried to insert a DVD and had similar results. I also have a store-bought optical drive CD/DVD lens cleaner that I inserted, and the drive immediately spits it back out.
I am clearly outside of my 1 year warranty and didn't purchase Apple-Care.
Is there any way of being able to tell for sure if my Super Drive is fried? Is it possible that it's a software/firmware issue?
It seems to be hardware related, but I did update to Lion very recently, so am not sure. Any suggestions are appreciated!
I've had no problems with my laptop until yesterday. I tried to burn a CD, and nothing happened when I put the CD-R in. I could hear a very soft, barely audible rhythmic humming sound, but the CD-R never showed up in the Finder.
I've tried to insert a couple of other CD-r's with the same result, so then I tried to insert a DVD and had similar results. I also have a store-bought optical drive CD/DVD lens cleaner that I inserted, and the drive immediately spits it back out.
I am clearly outside of my 1 year warranty and didn't purchase Apple-Care.
Is there any way of being able to tell for sure if my Super Drive is fried? Is it possible that it's a software/firmware issue?
It seems to be hardware related, but I did update to Lion very recently, so am not sure. Any suggestions are appreciated!