Superdrive ejects disk

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Superdrive ejects disk

I have recently installed El Capitan on my macbook pro 2011 model, now my superdrive will not read audio, dvd or software disks it just ejects them. Does anyone have any insight on this?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 24, 2016 5:39 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 24, 2016 5:41 AM in response to mbaine2

You have never read a single optical disc since installing El Capitan, or was this just recently? Optical drives do fail so unless it is a direct tie to installing the new system I would not presume it has something to do with that. Have you tried restarting your computer?

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Jun 24, 2016 5:51 AM in response to Limnos

Just since El Cap, have restarted computer. This when I originally installed el cap, I reverted back to Mountain Lion and it still didn't work. I bought a replacement superdrive and installed it with the same result. I put original drive back in still nothing. installed el cap again still same issue. I bought a USB superdrive, not knowing this wouldn't work on my macbook. I have a good internal superdrive and a good USB superdrive that are useless now. I am hitting a brick wall now.

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Answer 3

Jun 24, 2016 10:48 AM in response to mbaine2

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/02/use-the-macbook-air-superdrive-with-any-almos t-mac/

can't get my mac book pro to recognize and external usb superdrive - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5246956?answerId=22773555022#22773555022

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