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Q: superdrive won't draw discs in

I ejected a disk from my iMac (fall 2010) this evening, and now I can't put it back in. Discs just sit in the slot - it has stopped pulling them in.

Any advice would be appreciated.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Feb 1, 2012 3:35 PM

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  • by zappymx,

    zappymx zappymx Aug 11, 2013 10:24 PM in response to zappymx
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    Aug 11, 2013 10:24 PM in response to zappymx

    later on when asking command  "info laser"

     

    I receive

     

    Individual utilities

    * aclocal: (automake)Invoking aclocal.          Generating aclocal.m4

    * autoconf: (autoconf)autoconf Invocation.

                                    How to create configuration scripts

    * autoreconf: (autoconf)autoreconf Invocation.

                                    Remaking multiple `configure' scripts

    * autoscan: (autoconf)autoscan Invocation.

                                    Semi-automatic `configure.ac' writing

    * config.status: (autoconf)config.status Invocation.

                                    Recreating a configuration

    * configure: (autoconf)configure Invocation.

                                    Configuring a package

    * ifnames: (autoconf)ifnames Invocation.

                                    Listing the conditionals in source code

     

     

    GNU programming tools

    * automake: (automake).         Making Makefile.in's

     

     

    Utilities

    * Bash: (bash).                     The GNU Bourne-Again SHell.

     

     

    GNU Packages

    * Tar: (tar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.

     

     

    Individual utilities

    * tar: (tar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU `tar'

     

    (before, the terminal showed all laser printers connected to the LAN, btw...)   so will try with something like lens or drive ¡¡¡ (keeping the silly work, around here...)

  • by zappymx,

    zappymx zappymx Aug 11, 2013 10:36 PM in response to zappymx
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    Aug 11, 2013 10:36 PM in response to zappymx

    trying to be less silly,but needs some long long long time, i presume ¡¡¡  so, let's go through some stuff, the night is just fresh and beginning ¡

     

    1 Getting Started

    *****************

    This first part of this Info manual describes how to get around inside

    of Info.  The second part of the manual describes various advanced Info

    commands, and how to write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo file.

    The third part briefly explains how to generate Info files from Texinfo

    files.

     

    * Menu:

     

    * Help-Small-Screen::   Starting Info on a Small Screen.

    * Help::                How to use Info.

    * Help-P::              Returning to the Previous node.

    * Help-^L::             The Space, DEL, B and ^L commands.

    * Help-Inv::            Invisible text in Emacs Info.

    * Help-M::              Menus.

    * Help-Xref::           Following cross-references.

    * Help-Int::            Some intermediate Info commands.

    * Help-Q::              Quitting Info.

     

     

     

    and all of such effort for a silly superdrive, anyways  ¡¡¡

  • by zappymx,

    zappymx zappymx Aug 11, 2013 10:53 PM in response to zappymx
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    Aug 11, 2013 10:53 PM in response to zappymx

    rereading info, what does that mean

     

    Feature 0003h: Removable Medium (Logical Unit contains removable media)

        Raw Feature Descriptor:

            00>  00 03 07 04 09 00 00 00

        Feature descriptor version: 1

        Feature descriptor length: 4

        Feature is persistent

        Feature is current

     

     

    why would logical unit  "contain removable media  ?   what kind of ?  something related to data necessary to function correctly, or eventually some undesirable info "stopping" the reading option of  the lens/laser package ?

  • by zappymx,

    zappymx zappymx Aug 11, 2013 10:57 PM in response to CaoYong
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    Aug 11, 2013 10:57 PM in response to CaoYong

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

  • by zappymx,

    zappymx zappymx Aug 11, 2013 11:00 PM in response to zappymx
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    Aug 11, 2013 11:00 PM in response to zappymx

    mean a bug, or a "kind  of"  virus or bad programming introduced through some update or through some undesirable DVD or download and installed or loaded with such  "not so silly" intention of harming the drive ?

  • by zappymx,

    zappymx zappymx Aug 11, 2013 11:02 PM in response to Blumman
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    Aug 11, 2013 11:02 PM in response to Blumman

    did you check the option "drutil getconfig" ?

  • by yesdayne,

    yesdayne yesdayne Sep 12, 2013 8:56 PM in response to martin in munich
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    Sep 12, 2013 8:56 PM in response to martin in munich

    drutil eject worked for me too. I have a mid-2010 iMac. The drive stopped without warning. Freaked me out. Lucky I found this forum with the drutil eject command. Thanks for suggesting it. Worked great and saved me some cash, and frustration.

  • by Joda83,

    Joda83 Joda83 Dec 19, 2013 2:00 PM in response to eh1255
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    Dec 19, 2013 2:00 PM in response to eh1255

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

  • by iCare,

    iCare iCare Dec 19, 2013 2:44 PM in response to Joda83
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    Dec 19, 2013 2:44 PM in response to Joda83

    Terminal resides in the Applications/Utilities folder.

     

    You can also look for the tiny magnifying glass (AKA Spotlight) in the upper right of your display menu bar. Click on the magnifying glass and then type in 'terminal' and a list of items should show up. Just click on the Terminal application and it will launch.

  • by CobraX,

    CobraX CobraX Jan 31, 2014 4:53 PM in response to eh1255
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    Jan 31, 2014 4:53 PM in response to eh1255

    Thank you for the info about using drutil eject. I had the same issue here, with it not allowing any disc beyond half way, after using drutil eject with the disc as far in as I could get it, I can now put discs in once again. It's not quite as good as it once was, I really have to push discs into the drive now, almost forcing it in, but that's a huge improvement from not being able to use it at all, so thank you!

  • by zappymx,

    zappymx zappymx Feb 2, 2014 5:13 PM in response to CobraX
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    Feb 2, 2014 5:13 PM in response to CobraX

    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

  • by whelanska,

    whelanska whelanska Feb 6, 2014 4:39 PM in response to CaoYong
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    Feb 6, 2014 4:39 PM in response to CaoYong

    I thought I had a defective disc drive on my Mid-2010 iMac because the computer wouldn't suck any disc into the slot. Tried a brand new Microsoft Office DVD and it just sat there, didn't even trigger the drive at all.

     

    Then I read CaoYong's advice to push harder than feels comfortable. I put some force behind it and after a second I felt it slide in and load up on my screen. Definitely felt weird, like I was going to break something, but it worked.

     

    In my case it had been over two years since I had used the disc drive, so I'm guessing a ton of dust/debris accumulated in the drive, especially since I did some remodeling around the house.

  • by marconist,

    marconist marconist Feb 13, 2014 4:57 AM in response to eh1255
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    Feb 13, 2014 4:57 AM in response to eh1255

    Mechanical blocking occurs in my alu Intel iMac 2008 (Mavericks) when I insert an old fashioned audio CD with copyprotection.

    Never mind whether I want to play or rip it through Itunes or other programs.

    Using drutil solves the problem of blocking. The specific CD however cannot be played on the iMac.

    The drive concerned is the standard build-in superdrive.

  • by brianafm,

    brianafm brianafm Jul 16, 2014 6:38 PM in response to pairAdice
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    Jul 16, 2014 6:38 PM in response to pairAdice

    This worked for me too! I tried the reset, pressing eject, credit card, and the drutil eject method alone. Took 4 tries but finally got it to work

  • by foulfa,

    foulfa foulfa Jul 24, 2014 2:21 AM in response to eh1255
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    Jul 24, 2014 2:21 AM in response to eh1255

    I had exactly the same problem. I tried EVERYTHING that I found as a solution in many different forums and nothing. Eventually, I put my mind to work. Since, I cleaned the lenses and it is still not working and since the cd goes only 1/3 in and other users say that for them in goes 3/4 or 1/2, then... the superdrive tray didn't "rest" in the right position. So what I did and it work and I totally recommend it if nothing else works for you, is:
    1. I went to "terminal" and typed "drutil eject", didn't press enter yet.

    2. broke a blank cd (credit cars are small for that) in half and put it in as much as I could

    3. pressed enter on terminal and simultaneously start moving the cd around

    4. I did that for several minutes, the tray might not go to the right position immediately... but eventually it will!

     

    I hope this helps someone in the future!

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