MATSHITA superdrive has died
My superdrive (a Matshita DVD-R UJ-846) worked fine for ages in my 17 inch iMac (Intel chip) running 10.4.11 and then suddenly, it won't read any DVDs or CDs. When I insert a disc, the drive tries to mount, whirrs and clicks, then eventually spits the disc out with no error message on screen.
There are far too many people reporting this fault for it not to be software related - just don't think all those drives died at the same time by chance.
Anyone have any ideas???
For the record, here are my superdrive details:
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-846:
Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-846
Revision: FB2U
Serial Number:
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: Yes
Intel chip iMac 17 inch, 2 Gig RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Early 2006 iMac & Macbook (2 GHz Intel Duo), 5G 80 gig iPod, 4G 40 gig iPod