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Hello,
I am trying to figure out what I've recently done wrong. I'm not a total hardware noob but I'm more familiar with Microsoft/Windows than I am with Apple/OSX. I am switching though, back to Mac.
I bought (online) a Late 2008 Aluminum - MB467LL/A - MacBook5,1 - A1278 - 2254 model Macbook. I have upgraded the RAM, hard drive, and swapped the CPU fan. The disc drive was giving me random errors and acting funny, so I decided to replace that as well. I did so, and it works - but not correctly. When my Macbook is powered on, if I try to put a disc in, it simply acts as if it's not powered on/connected. The disc just sits there - but if you push it in far enough and restart the Macbook, as soon as it 'resets,' the disc is pulled in, mounted, and when OSX loads, I can use the drive accordingly. But I have to put the disc there and restart... The replacement drive was listed as being compatible with this model but they do look different and they are different makes/models/manfs. It is a HL GS31N Superdrive Unibody Macbook Pro for A1278 A1342 A1286 optical drive.
So I'm wondering if I need to update drivers/firmware, or maybe I didn't do something... maybe I got a bad drive... Can anyone offer any pointers?
Thanks!
PS: This is what I show listed for my current drive:
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N:
Firmware Revision: TA17
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose File > Refresh Information
MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
I am trying to figure out what I've recently done wrong. I'm not a total hardware noob but I'm more familiar with Microsoft/Windows than I am with Apple/OSX. I am switching though, back to Mac.
I bought (online) a Late 2008 Aluminum - MB467LL/A - MacBook5,1 - A1278 - 2254 model Macbook. I have upgraded the RAM, hard drive, and swapped the CPU fan. The disc drive was giving me random errors and acting funny, so I decided to replace that as well. I did so, and it works - but not correctly. When my Macbook is powered on, if I try to put a disc in, it simply acts as if it's not powered on/connected. The disc just sits there - but if you push it in far enough and restart the Macbook, as soon as it 'resets,' the disc is pulled in, mounted, and when OSX loads, I can use the drive accordingly. But I have to put the disc there and restart... The replacement drive was listed as being compatible with this model but they do look different and they are different makes/models/manfs. It is a HL GS31N Superdrive Unibody Macbook Pro for A1278 A1342 A1286 optical drive.
So I'm wondering if I need to update drivers/firmware, or maybe I didn't do something... maybe I got a bad drive... Can anyone offer any pointers?
Thanks!
PS: This is what I show listed for my current drive:
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N:
Firmware Revision: TA17
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose File > Refresh Information
MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)