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Macbook Pro 13- How to tell if Superdrive has failed?
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<blockquote data-quote="JChance" data-source="post: 1332423" data-attributes="member: 39342"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>I am clearly outside of my 1 year warranty and didn't purchase Apple-Care. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Embarrassed.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":[" title="Embarrassed :[" data-shortname=":[" /></p><p>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? </p><p></p><p>It seems to be hardware related, but I did update to Lion very recently, so am not sure. Any suggestions are appreciated!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JChance, post: 1332423, member: 39342"] 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! [/QUOTE]
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