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Jan 19, 2013 8:28 PM in response to lizleuby romko23,Sounds like your superdrive might be on its last legs.. On your discs, did you notice any scratches or worn areas of any kind? If not then the laser inside the superdrive might be failing and doesn't recognize what discs they are. You can try to get a CD/DVD cleaner to attempt to clean the laser inside, otherwise it might be time to get a new drive.
Is the superdrv the Matsushita uj-845?
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Jan 19, 2013 8:38 PM in response to romko23by lizleu,Hi,
Thanks for the reply! There aren't any scratches - I checked that. Forgive my lack of familiarity with all this, but is this what you meant when you asked about the superdrive?
ATA Bus:
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-835E:
Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-835E
Revision: GAN7
Serial Number:
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: Yes
Power Off: No
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-835E:
Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-835E
Revision: GAN7
Serial Number:
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: Yes
Power Off: No
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Jan 19, 2013 8:58 PM in response to lizleuby romko23,Yes.. Ok, so you checked the discs and no scratches or worn marks.. I am thinking at this point the superdrive might be going up.. Before you get another one get a cd/dvd disc cleaner and try that. If that does not work.. then you need a replacement superdrive.
You can find the uj-835E on ebay and also OtherWorldComputing. But, if you want dual layer.. the PowerBook G4 DLSD 1.67 which is what I have is using the uj-856 I think.. Just do a search for PowerBook G4 1.67 dual layer superdrive.. it should be backwards compatible, should you desire to get a replacement.
Hope this all helps.
Romko