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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 355045" data-attributes="member: 24160">Before going through re-install, am wondering if it will read data cd's or not?Just from my experience troubleshooting and reading on hardware forums  - If it will read data CD's but not audio, with all you have done already, then I "might" suggest a re-install prior to calling Apple if you are so inclined.  If it will not read any type of CD, I would call Apple prior to spending the time on a re-install as it is almost assuredly hardware failure.  (Probably laser alignment. Just do not recall seeing many fixes for this except getting a new drive, although it has been at least a couple of years since I've been involved in tech support at all.)</blockquote>