Posted on 10/30/2010 3:20:35 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Mechanically stuck.
I’ve had the same thing happen to worn out slot loading DVD drives in the past but this one has had minimal use.
Luckily the Mac is pretty much limitted to facebooking and web surfing so it’s not a huge problem, it came up because I bought a new printer this weekend and had to load a driver.
There are always the outlying mechanical lemon drives that get by the inspections. How close are you to an Apple Store? And did you get the extended warranty with your notebook? If not, you can attempt to replace the drive yourself. It would be less expensive. Here is are Instructions for how to remove the drive:
Replacing MacBook Superdrive YouTube.
Replacing MacBook Pro Superdrive YouTube.
Replacement Superdrive source.
However, it may be as simple as a loose screw and the drive being lifted a bit from the position it should be in to align with the slot in the case. I'd check that first, before ordering the replacement drive.
Oh, the reason I mentioned the Apple Store... You might want to try them. They will often fix these things free, even on out of warranty computers. You can never know... they might also charge you. It's sort of like Russian Roulette.
A friend took his two year old, out of warranty Notebook Mac in with a problem... they took it into the back and after an hour came back and said "We can't fix it here... and it would take several weeks of turn around to send it where it can be fixed. So the manager said to give you a new one." Handed him his old computer and a brand new MacBook Pro... already configured with his files transferred, and said, "Have a nice day!"
I’m about an hour away from the Apple Store and the warranty has expired. I’ll take a look at your links when I get home. I’ve changed drives on various laptops in the past, I will probably change it out myself.
In fact, I had an HP about 6-7 years ago that in a matter of two years, I was on the third CD drive and second hard drive, all of them changed out by yours truely. It was after opening it up for about the 4th time that I ran across the receipt for the computer. I had purchased an extended waranty and had forgotten. Doh!!!
There are no non-Apple laptops that have the same features as the new Macbook Air, that are under $1000. Period.
The only way to "find" one today is to disregard reality. For example, to call a rotating hard drive the same as a solid-state drive, ignoring speed, power, and weight, and mentioning only capacity and price.
I don't have time to recap all the silly things that were said in this and similar threads about the Macbook Air, but let's put it this way:
Show me a non-Apple product that has the same characteristics as the new Macbook Air, and costs less. I don't think one exists at present. Obviously, one will come into being, probably within a year -- Apple leads the way, and it's not impossible for others to copy.
But as usual, all they can do is copy. And while they can do a copy cheaper (cost), it's also cheaper (quality).
My wife told me it’s time to fix the Mac notebook, she had another stuck disc last night. I looked at your youtube videos, they already had the laptops disassembled. I think they left out a few interesting steps in the process.
Good point.
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