Macbook Pro 15 2007 model.
Mods, if this is in the worng place, feel free to move it to the right place.
I know this subject has come up before. But this seems different. Basically, the Drive was doing nothing. I hadn't needed to use it for a long time so I am unsure when this happened, or if it's in relation to any specific updates. But the other day I tried to load a disc into it and it did nothing. Didn't even make a sound like it was trying.
Anyway, after researching potential fixes and trying a few, I have the drive attempting to load a disc but still failing. That is, the drive spins awake when I come out of sleep mode, and when I try to load a disk in, it makes a noise and attempt to load the disc but ultimately fails to load it in.
I have Parallels desktop installed and Windows XP on that, as I needed a few windows programs. And in Windows/Parellels, I can select Device from a drop down on the top of the screen, and click CD/DVD, and strangely, there are 2 options available. Default CD/DVD and then HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N. I have checked it in windows device manager and it is listed as working properly.
In the OS X Operating system, when I check the Disk Utility and settings etc, it is listed and is a LOC1
AP09 is the firmware revision.
I am going to try to flash to A103 in windows from by downloading it from the Dell site, if I can, but I am not convinced that the drive will be found when attempting to do that.
Any advice is very welcome.
Mods, if this is in the worng place, feel free to move it to the right place.
I know this subject has come up before. But this seems different. Basically, the Drive was doing nothing. I hadn't needed to use it for a long time so I am unsure when this happened, or if it's in relation to any specific updates. But the other day I tried to load a disc into it and it did nothing. Didn't even make a sound like it was trying.
Anyway, after researching potential fixes and trying a few, I have the drive attempting to load a disc but still failing. That is, the drive spins awake when I come out of sleep mode, and when I try to load a disk in, it makes a noise and attempt to load the disc but ultimately fails to load it in.
I have Parallels desktop installed and Windows XP on that, as I needed a few windows programs. And in Windows/Parellels, I can select Device from a drop down on the top of the screen, and click CD/DVD, and strangely, there are 2 options available. Default CD/DVD and then HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N. I have checked it in windows device manager and it is listed as working properly.
In the OS X Operating system, when I check the Disk Utility and settings etc, it is listed and is a LOC1
AP09 is the firmware revision.
I am going to try to flash to A103 in windows from by downloading it from the Dell site, if I can, but I am not convinced that the drive will be found when attempting to do that.
Any advice is very welcome.