Q: Drive won't read any dvd-ejects it automatically after spinning some time

The drive is 3 years old. But never had one problem with it. At all.

One day, I put a DVD in it and it just would not load anything to the disk. It took me an hour to get the disc out, and just has not worked since. Hopefully, each incident will be taken seriously. I am looking forward to this investigation. I want Snow Leopard.

I've tried 10.6, drive went dead in my 2008 MacPro and in my 2008 MacBookPro... ccc
I don't know is it related, but I'm not able to read any CD or DVD !

I also have the same problem.

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.13f3
Serial Number (system): W871297ZWGL

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA4080MA

since updating to snow leopard, half the disks i order from netflix no longer read in the imac, yet they work fine in the macbook core duo also running 10.6.1

whats up with that?

Hi,

I've the same problem. MBP 2.2, Intel C2D, late 2006, 160 GB.

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857D:

Firmware-Version: KCVB
Verbindungstyp: ATAPI
Brennen möglich: Ja (Laufwerk von Apple geliefert)
Cache: 2048 KB
DVD lesen: Ja
Beschreibbare CD: -R, -RW
Beschreibbare DVD: -R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Schreibstrategien: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Medien: Um die verfügbaren Brenngeschwindigkeiten anzuzeigen, legen Sie ein Medium ein und wählen dann „Darstellung“ > „Aktualisieren“.
Hardware-Übersicht:

Modellname: MacBook Pro
Modell-Identifizierung: MacBookPro2,2
Prozessortyp: Intel Core 2 Duo
Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 2,16 GHz
Anzahl der Prozessoren: 1
Gesamtzahl der Kerne: 2
L2-Cache: 4 MB
Speicher: 4 GB
Busgeschwindigkeit: 667 MHz
Boot-ROM-Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC-Version (System): 1.12f5
Hardware-UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F2C42C3E

I Have a Mid-2007 MacBook Pro with the 857E DVD drive, and i have trouble two times, with it, covered by the warranty. the problem is the same of the thread title e and, out-of-warranty, my superdrive don't record any DVD+R, DVD-DL or DVD+DL discs that i try to record...

System Profiler Info
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E:

Firmware Revision: ZA0E
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

in My 2008 iMac, I'm unable to read any CD's, just DVDs (movie, data).

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-875:

Firmware Revision: DB09
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: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh

These are the drive models mentioned in this thread up until this post:

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N (By far the most often mentioned)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA4080MA
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-845C
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857D
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-867
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-875

MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8221
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A
Pioneer DVD-RV DVR-K06A

I have a 2008 pro tower with 2 superdrives and OSX 10.6
Neither drive will recognise blank disks - cd or dvd - I have to use toast to burn disks

I'm facing the same issues. Right after inserting any media, it spits it out immediately. Below are the specs for my SuperDrive (apologize for the localized text):

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868:

Revisão de Firmware: KA14
Interconectar: ATAPI
Suporte de Gravação: Sim (Unidade Padrão da Apple)
Cache: 0 KB
Lê DVD: Sim
Grava CD: -R, -RW
Grava DVD: -R, -RW
Estratégias de Gravação: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO

I'm sending Steve Jobs an email, seriously. This is such a shame.

I had the same problem too with my recently purchased Mid-June Unibody MacBook Pro. This laptop has been a stinker right from the get-to. Three days after getting it, the HD died, requiring me to give it up for 5 days while they waited for a new drive to come in. After that, it had the well documented problem with the Seagate 7200 RPM HD sudden motion sensor causing freezes and strange noises. Now, when I tried to upgrade to Snow Leopard I found that my SuperDrive was SuperDead. Like others have described here it would eject the disks. It was a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E Firmware ZA0E. It was replaced with a Matshita UJ-868 (Rev: KB19).

My Late 2007 MBP also had a SuperDrive that went belly up with the same problem about 6 months ago. It was an isolated incident, so I didn't think much of it. It was a HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N. It was replaced with the same drive. It has functioned fine for 6 months now.

Mine's the UJ-845E, firmware DMP2.

I'm having the same problem. But it's not related to Snow Leopard install. I happened to notice it a couple of weeks ago when going to burn a DVD. I just rarely do that and have been having minimal problems with CD burning. But DVD+r will not mount but Toast will tr to burn but always ends in a 404-403 (?) error. And DVD-R just get ejected.

But my 10.5 Leopard DVD would mount and I could use it. So I thought I'd install Snow Leopard and then try to work on the SuperDrive later. Well it also is now being ejected. Not sure what to do.

Sorry forgot specs...

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro 17"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP21.00A5.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.14f5
Serial Number (system): W87140ACX6C
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F2D95531
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J:

Firmware Revision: FAV1
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

I have an Imac and my superdrive, when used (rarely) made a lot of noise or didn't read disk period. Took it into the Apple store and they replaced it no questions asked. Took a couple of weeks but have had no issues with the replacement. Had nothing to do with Snow leopard, don't have it.

If in doubt take it in. I think this is a known issue, they just aren't making it public.