superdrive won't draw discs in

"How far are you able to insert the disc? Does it feel like it is hitting anything solid when it won't go in any further?" iCare, this is my exact problem. On top of this, every time I start up my white macbook from sleep, restart, or shut down, the optical drive makes the noise it makes as though if you just inserted a disk. The problem is that I dont have to insert a disk for it to make a noise. What would you recommend?

I have this same issue. It occurs with the drive on all machines. When the computer boots up, I hear 4 drive noises.

The drive accepts the disk being pushed all the way in until the edge of the slot and then a spring pushes the disk back out. It never draws the disk in.

OS 10.11.6

MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

Evans-Air:~ evanstein$ drutil info

Vendor Product Rev

Apple SuperDrive 2.03

Interconnect: USB

SupportLevel: Unsupported

Profile Path: None

Cache: 768k

CD-Write: -R, -RW, BUFE, CDText, Test, IndexPts, ISRC

DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW, BUFE, Test

Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

I have tried 'drutil eject' with no disk, disk pushed all the way in, and disk halfway in. The drive is stored in the box and is used infrequently.

i had the same problem all i did was put a cd/dvd into the drive till you cart get it anymore keeping that held in launch terminal and type drutil eject then press enter it will take the disk in after it has done that re start your laptop and it will work fine

hope with helps

Had the same issue on my MacBook Pro.

The cd drive was not accepting discs - only went in 50%.

I turned it off and restarted the mac, tried putting in the disc while it was re-booting and the disc was accepted.

Working just fine now.

i tried a already burned dvd and it read it. then i pur in another blank cd and it read it. dont understand why it was spitting them out before.

"drutil eject" with a disk stuck halfway in worked for me as well! Had to try it a couple of times, though. Working like new at the moment...

in Terminal, type : drutil eject internal

a funny noise then all works fine.

to check more, i now try to burn some movie from archives, using "one step DVD" option from Idvd. working fine, so the laser "writes" and there is no problem of hardware...

actually now "encoding" , so meaby not writing "yet" ... wait and see...

i mean is it possible to verify through terminal the status of the laser or lens laser hardware or logic board functions ?

could try the command drutil getconfig so to check if the drive is "working" or not ... I keep learning..

did you check the option "drutil getconfig" ?

Hi guys Im brand new to this also - How do I find the terminal to type in Drutil Eject etc?

suppose your prob was "mechanical".. here my iMac Cd-Dvd drive never worked again, and an external reader was installed. "my" problem was software, hot hardware , failure in the original reader