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MacBook Optical Drive Does Not Show in Disk Utility

Hi Everybody,


So I put a CD in my CD/DVD drive on my white 2009 Macbook and it made a funny sound. The CD did not register with the system. And when I open Disk Utility, it doesn't recognize the optical drive at all.


😐


Is there anything I can do?


Many thanks!

MacBook (13-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 23, 2015 7:02 PM

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Jan 23, 2015 7:47 PM in response to LandSurveyorV

Can you or did you eject the cd? Then check apple (upper left corner) about this mac/ more / serial- ata in left panel. Does it show there. Recheck disk utilities and see if it is now there. No? Restart holding down command/option/p/r/ for three chimes. Try another cd. Same? shut down and do SMC reset. Remove battery if you can and power cord hold down start button for 10 seconds. If battery is not removable hold down command/option/shift while pressing down the start button for 10 seconds. Restart and retry. If still no drive showing, the optical drive is most likely bad.

MacBook Optical Drive Does Not Show in Disk Utility

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