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<blockquote data-quote="Tarek" data-source="post: 1324872" data-attributes="member: 68040">My 2008 MacBook Pro's optical drive started spitting out DVDs and reading only certain ones for while then it wasn't able to read any DVDs at all. I got a DVD cleaner and everytime I used it, my Mac would read 2 - 3 DVDs but then stop again. Then I tried compressed air, same thing. The MBP's optical drive, unfortunately, is very weak and the dust destroys it from the inside. Your best bet is to take it to the Genius Bar at Apple if you're still under warranty, which I doubt since it's an '09, and have them replace it for you. Otherwise, the cheapest way would be to get an external DVD drive. Of course there's always the possibility that I was just unlucky (however, there are thousands of people on the internet who had/have the same problem with the optical drive) and yours could be facing a different problem, so you can probably take it to the Genius Bar and have them just check what is wrong with your computer without replacing anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tarek, post: 1324872, member: 68040"] My 2008 MacBook Pro's optical drive started spitting out DVDs and reading only certain ones for while then it wasn't able to read any DVDs at all. I got a DVD cleaner and everytime I used it, my Mac would read 2 - 3 DVDs but then stop again. Then I tried compressed air, same thing. The MBP's optical drive, unfortunately, is very weak and the dust destroys it from the inside. Your best bet is to take it to the Genius Bar at Apple if you're still under warranty, which I doubt since it's an '09, and have them replace it for you. Otherwise, the cheapest way would be to get an external DVD drive. Of course there's always the possibility that I was just unlucky (however, there are thousands of people on the internet who had/have the same problem with the optical drive) and yours could be facing a different problem, so you can probably take it to the Genius Bar and have them just check what is wrong with your computer without replacing anything. [/QUOTE]

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