mac wont take cd

Could you insert the CD and the computer removes it immediately? Works with DVDs?

maybe u need update Firmwareor buy a new cd dvd drive!

Mine doing the same thing. After I updated to Lion it spits out software DVDs but accepts Music CDs.

having similar issue after upgrading to Lion, the CD drive won't work and now i have a CD stuck inside the drive.

wish hadn't upgrade to Lion.

I have the same problem with i Mac not accepting CD. Clicks several times and ejects the CD. We have a Mac Book with Lion and do not have this problem.

I also have problems with blank CD's that I would like to burn MP3 too. CD drives recognises music cd's and the dvd player and burner work fine but when I insert a balnk CD it spins and spits it out.

I did not have this problem before I upgraed to lion. Have you found a solution?

iMac

21.5-inch, Late 2009

Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB

Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 (11C74)

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N:

Firmware Revision: JA18

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, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

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

hi there. i have an iMAC 27 and when i put a dvd in it just wont recognize it at all. Do i have do download anything else to make it work? ive only had the computer a week

ive only had the computer a week

Take it back for service or exchange

Sure wish there was a solution other than buying an external burner. One of the reasons I have an iMac is so that I don't have to have a bunch of peripherals hooked to it. Grrrr.

This is a fairly well-documented problem. Either the HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N drives are LEMONS or there is a software problem. Too many people have similar problems.

I replaced my SuperDrive with a new one and still can't read or write CDs. I *can* read and write DVDs though. I know the drive worked fine up until mid-summer, some time about then it stopped. I can't help but wonder if there was some sort of system update that broke it, especially since the new drive has the same problem.

I can't begin to express how frustrating this is! Really, Apple?

Did this get resolved. I have an iMAC and it reads DVDs fine, but no longer recognizes CDs at all.

Not that I am aware of, I now to use my pc laptop for burning music cd's it's a bit disappointing on a machine only a couple of years old

Nope. I got out an external burner I had on a shelf (bought used at a garage sale for $10) and am using it. PITA, but I already replaced the drive.

Don't expect Apple to either monitor this board or offer suggestions for fixes. Their solution to everything is to take it to the Apple store and have new hardware put in.

That said, this is the first hardware failure I've had on a Mac in 25 years. I've replaced just about everything on our windows machines at one time or another (hard drives, fans, video cards, disc drives, cd/dvd burners).