dvd and CD drive not working it will not accept any disc
i mac has not being accepting any disc for a couple of weeks i need it to work
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
Thank mattcurtis777,
Totally worked for me too!
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I found a lot of people on the internet were complaining about the same issue and discounting the first crazy (so i thought) bit of advice I read I set about reinstalling drivers, rebooting, reinstalling Snow Leopard, PRAM reset, deleting permissions etc etc to no avail. So as a last resort, totally fed up at this point and resigned to buying a new DVD drive / Macbook I remembered the first bit of advice I read.
I took out my Tesco Clubcard, wrapped it in a Vision Express lense cloth, jammed it about 3 cm's in to the optical drive slot and wiggled it about a bit. I couldn't beleive the amount of crud that came out of it. I used the same method with several baby wipes and guess what...
It worked!!!
I can now play all my DVD's and CD's
Wish I'd just done this in the first place.
Matt
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i think i just used the cd driver twise in a year or more and it didnt work when i needed it. i remember.
Cheers Matt. Worked for me too. And so cheap!!!! Lol
Baby Wipes did not work for me.
I got the crazy idea and inserted the original iMac Applications Install DVD. It worked. Tried another non iMac disc (.jpgs) and it would not read.
Frustrating.
That's awesome! I cleaned out the inside of my drive using the card and lens cloth and it worked! Thanks dude.
Can also say it worked for me. I figured I had nothing to loose by trying the cleaning cloth and a piece of cardboard. Worked awesome! Thank you!
salsabella wrote:
None of the above are working for me. I tried every single one.
You contacted Apple Support or your local AASP and made a service appointment....?
After months of my disk drive not working, I just tried your trick and it works perfectly! Thank you so much!!
No Way!
Thanks mattcurtis777, I must this minute used my Nectar card, and it worked, simple is often best.
xx
Mine too! Thanks, mattcurtis777!
thankyou so much! :')
Thank you Matt!!! It also work for me! I was stressing because I wanted to load some old CD into iTunes. Tks!!!!!
Yup! Matt's the man. I tried this after trying the NRAM and PRAM reboot, and the simply trick of cleaning it worked for me. Although no dirt came out, but who cares, the drive works!! Yay Matt!
Just tried this and it worked!!! So happy not to have to sit here for hours trying to figure out how to fix this issue!
Incredible! I thought my CD/DVD drive was toast but I tried this with a credit card wrapped in a lens cloth and BINGO!! Works like a charm!!
dvd and CD drive not working it will not accept any disc