MacBook Pro will not read DVD-R

Hi there everyone!

I have read this post and realized this is the exact same problem I have with my 15" MBP. It happened just yesterday. I put in a burnt disk from a mate, and then I tried to put it in about 2 hours later and no suck luck with reading the disk. It hisses and after about 10 - 15 seconds it ejects itself...

Ive tried resetting the PRAM and Disk permissions. I have installed XP in VMWare recently.. could it be a driver issue? where would i get a new driver?

I'm going to buy a cleaning disk when im next in the city.

This is so frustrating..

If you need anymore info - ask me

i got a cleaning disk today - it fixed the problem, it says to do it every 10 hours... so i guess we should.

Have the same problem with the drive not reading a DVD-R new disk. Pop it in, the drive does not read the disk, pops it back out. I will try the drive cleaner. My problem started on Jan 25th 09. Have 10.5.5. Bought my MBP Nov 07

exactly same problem here.. i wonder if this is a driver/firmware or hardware issue..

some question: all people having same problems, try to read your shipped Mac OS Install DVD .. this works for me ..
.. confused

I may be able to help...was very disappointed to find that Windata DVD+R's were not mounting to my macbook, tried many things until this irritatingly simple solution finally emerged.

1. Go to system preferences.
2. Go to CD's and DVD's.
3. Under "When You Insert a Blank DVD" select "Open Finder."
4. Insert your media into the drive.
5. When the finder window opens, click OK.

And hopefully you will see the disk image on your desktop.

Note, if you're burning with Itunes, make sure to select whatever the disk indicates is the maximum burn speed. It seems the Mac is not familiar with certain media - Even though it says in System Profiler that my Superdrive should be able to read and write DVD+R, I had to try about a hundred things unsuccessfully before this worked. Such a waste of my time...

Please let me know if this works ok?

I haven't been able to burn a DVD since I upgraded to 10.5.
And now finally FINALLY I just spent THREE MINUTES using a $6.00 Disk from Office Max that even says not compatible with Macs and fixed the **** thing.

And even that hasn't worked. I took my MBP to the "Genius" bar. They replaced the optical drive. That didn't work, even for their techs. They suggested I reboot from the system disks. Excellent idea. Only the DRIVE WOULDN'T READ THE DISKS! Ugh

Hi- I am having the same issues. I did burn a DVD-R on the 12th but nothing since then. I have blown in canned air and bought a CD drive cleaner (no brushes- just a disk) and still can't burn to a DVD-R. Same with CD's. I insert the disk, it whirls and spins and sometimes the image comes up on the screen but mostly not. I can eject it via the eject button on my MBP. Guess I will be calling Apple on Monday (I do have the Apple Care Plan). Not sure what's going on here but I don't like this. Will report back after talking to Apple. Judy

My MacBook Pro, only a year old, stopped reading almost all DVDs. Put one in, spin a bit, eject. Occasionally, one would mount and I could watch the movie or load the software.

A few minutes ago, thanks to the above suggestions, I went to Office Max and bought a $6 cleaning disk. Ignored instructions, put it in. It spun for a minute or two then stopped. I ejected it.

Now the movie DVD that had been rejected 3 times an hour ago loads perfectly.

thanks!

Just to confirm the same problem everyone had with my Macbook Pro 15" 2.3 Ghz (Purchased in Nov. 2006).

Here's some background info: the original optical drive stopped recording on any kind of media in February 2008, and since my machine was still under Apple Care, the Apple Store agreed to replace the optical drive at no charge (the original drive was the Matsushita, and they exchanged it with a LG). It worked flawlessly for a few months, then i had DVD-R and DVD+R DL reading issues back in December 2008 but i got it to work again by resetting PRAM and NVRAM, and deleting the Disk Utility preferences file.

Two days ago it stopped reading DVD-R, however it was still able to read DVD+R DL and CD-R. I tried to reset PRAM, NVRAM, delete Preferences with no luck. Even the compressed gas duster didn't work. Read this thread and tried to set CD/DVD System prefs by opening Finder when a DVD is inserted... it still didn't like it and spit the media out after 15-20 seconds of spinning.

I am going to get the $6 lens cleaner disk tomorrow, and will report back.

Extremely disappointed with Apple's silent stance on this one. It is clearly a widespread issue and the Company should be on top of it.

Is it too late to add a "me too" to this thread ? Its frustrating to have backups I can access via my Mini but not on my ( considerably more expensive & newer ) Powerbook. Sad.

same same same same Fu......ng problem here..so frustating !!
Can't install some really expancive soft I v just bought !!
Thanx apple for all this S..t on your customer.

Unbelieveable on a laptop as pricey as MacBook Pro. I am getting ready for a hearing on Wed. and mine won't read any DVD-R....no apple store near me, the Curcuit City closed and left town, hope I can get something at Office Depot tomorrow, any recomendations.....

Same problem here... no longer reads blank DVD-RW's (single or double layer) - just spits them right back out.

I have tried all the cleaning tricks to no avail. Pop the same blank DVD-RW's (Verbatim) over to my wife's iMac and they read fine. This is definitely a drive issue!

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J:

Firmware Revision: FBZ8
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds (I would love to but you refuse to accept the blank disk).

I sure hope this is something that can be corrected by a firmware update and not a drive that is faulty.

I've got a problem reading home burnt DVD-RW on my MacBook Pro also.

I burnt the ISO of Windows 7 onto a DVD-RW using Disk Utility on my other computer, an iMac.

The DVD-RW reads fine on the iMac that created it. However it won't even recognise on the MacBook Pro.

I've read on this thread about using Canned Air, i'll have to dismantle and take a look. Do I need to dismantle for Canned Air ?