CD/DVD Drive keeps ejecting my CDs

1. If it is a Combo drive then make sure the CD/DVDs are CD-R and DVD-R and not CD+R or DVD+R.

2. Restart your machine, make sure no other program is running and insert your CD/DVD. See if that helps.

There was a firmware update for the Intel-Macs' Superdrives that fried the drive. This happened to me and I contacted Apple to see what kind of re-compensation I would get but they basically said they don't see the firmware issue as a big enough problem to fix everyone's drive that's out of warranty. If you're in warranty, you're fine...If not, it's pretty much you have to replace it.

I de-assemble my macbook 13" black open the DVD drive, untie some screws and re-tie it.
it's solve the problem, cuz some michanizem doesn't work, but now everything is ok.

Assuming the CDs/DVDs work with other devices, I'd look to replacing the computer's drive.

've been looking for an answer to this problem, but this post seems to have stopped.

My intel mac stopped recognizing any CD. I've been copying CDs, and at one point, I think I accidentally dragged the CD icon in the Sidebar out to the finder. Since then, the imac tries to read a disc (I've tried many different ones), and after a while just spits it out.

I've checked my System Preferences and blank CDs/DVDs are set to Open in Finder. Music, Picture and Video CDs are checked to open in iTunes, iPhoto and Open DVD Player respectively. Finder Preferences for CD are all checked to Show on Desktop. These have always been the settings and the CD drive worked fine before today.

I've tried restarting (warm and cold boot), and even inserting the Mac OS X boot disc, which it ejects as well.

Anybody know what happens when the CD icon is dragged out of the Sidebar?? or if there is any other way to "reset" the CD drive?

Ron

I have exactly the same problem that started occurring the first part of January or so.

It will eject any type of DVD including movie DVDs. I've tried the same DVD in my iMac (2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) which spits it out in my iMac Intel (one of the first intel iMacs) and it works fine. I've tried numerous movie DVDs and they all behave the same way. My 2.8GHz imac spits it out, my slower intel iMac takes it fine.

Today I bought the new iLife '09 and it automatically ejects that immediately after inserting it. There is no error message whatsoever, it just spits it right back out.

All updates are done.

How can I figure out what's going on with this?

Same problem with my MacBook.
before couple of days I tried to insert DVD in the drive but the DVD doesn't go inside I thought the is a CD in the drive, tryed to eject it many times with no luck even after many restarts!!!!
next day I tryed again to insert the DVD and it's go inside the drive like a magic !!!! but after couple of secz the drive throw it away, and the probles stills until now.
each time I insert a CD or DVD it's eject it immediatly.

I'm having the exact same problems. This is too bad, can't even upgrade to Snow Leopard now! This does seem like something Apple should look into as it seems to be widespread hardware failure. Maybe the will come through like they did with the emacs a while back. Has anyone truly established a link to firmware and this problem?

I have the same problem with my white macbook, 13 in. I bought it July 4, 2007.
I just spent 30 bucks on the 10.6 dvd and when i put the dvd in, It tries to read it for about 10 secnds then spits the dvd out. this Doesnt seem right to me for a computer that costs over a thousand dollars. I am filing a complaint with the BBB and the Dept of Justice. Ths is total BS!

What or when was the firmware update?

What happened to your drive after the update, and how did you find out it was actually the firmware that did it?

Im Having a same problem !! Help

This is happening to me too .. it spits out ALL cds and dvds. I've put in blanc ones and rerecorded ones..ugh!

Same. Doesn't want to know. Will pop back to the store now and get a refund I think.