Thanks for the feedback. It most certainly won’t hurt to have try and have it replaced. I know my system isn’t new anymore, however, of all the things I’ve every had break on a computer, the CD Drive was never one of them.

I’ll have to see when I can live without it (for business) for some time.

Thanks!

The Apple Security Update must have seriously trashed your SuperDrive and I advise you to return to Applecare and see a free replacement if you can..

My solution was a last resort and it worked for me..

Sorry my solution didn’t work for you..

Damn them folks at Apple for this..

I’ve ripped apart my MacBook Core Duo 13.3″ Black Macbook (I’m technically inclined) and cleaned the Superdrive as you have.

I put it all back together with the same results as before. In my case the dirty lens is “not” the issue. I’ve gone as far as using optic cleaner and an eyeglass cleaning cloth.

Reading some DVDs has been easier, however I still can’t play audio Cds at all, and none of my 50pk of blank CD-Rs no longer work.

I didn’t even try to explain to them that their update killed my SuperDrive. I just said that my drive never worked properly (couldn’t burn anything) and wanted it replaced. 10 seconds later Apple Support person agreed and I took my MBP to local AppleStore and 2 days later I got a new SuperDrive.

FOr the records, the new drive that I got it is the model: UJ-857d and firmware revision is 6AAE.

Instead of screwing around with this flash stuff, just do what I did… if you can still get it serviced after almost two years!

Best,
Dave

I take it there is no firmware fix for this?

Cheers

Mike

I tried the flash but got the following response :
sp_write returned -2130367488

The drive behaves as before e.g. recognizes almost all CD & DVD but sometimes considers some as Blank Disks and prompts for Eject, Ignore or Open in Finder (happens with official – non recorded – CD’s or DVDs as well).
Sometimes I need to reduce write speed t 8* or 16* for it to burn.

Thanks for your feedback,

Cheers
Marc

I tried everything from spraying air into the drive, a DVD Lense Cleaner Disc, Power resets and even banging the case. I’ve even flashed the DVD Drive but still couldn’t get the MacBook Pro to read either CD or DVD media blank or recorded or commecial discs.

Finally, before I jumped to buy a new drive I decided to buy a set of Torx screwdrivers containing a T-6 Torx driver so I could disassemble my MacBook Pro and remove the Matshita DVD-R UJ-867 drive.

I eventually removed the drive and removed the screws opening the actual drive to reveal the DVD-R drive contents inside. Onnce open I sprayed the optical lense with a can of compressed air and cleaned any dust on the lense and the rest of the inside of the drive. After that I replaced the DVD-R cover and replaced the screws. I then replaced the DVD-R drive back into the MacBook Pro and screwed it all back together.

Once I’d put it all back together I then powered the MacBook Pro up, booted the machine and inserted a music CD THE BEST OF BILL WITHERS and low and behold the CD disc mounted.

So stripping the DVD-R drive and spraying compressed air directly onto the optical lense removed the problem of not being able to load either CD or DVD discs. Now I can read any disc possible and the fix has returned the Matshita DVD-R UJ-867 drive so it now reads both CD and DVD discs as before..

The process is a fiddly but worth the effort. It is my guess that 99 per cent of Superdrive problems experienced by Apple MacBook Pro users using this hardware cleaning method will return their Superdrives to working state so they should be able to read and mount both CD and DVD media..

Job is a good one..

Regards

Kevan

P.S. post this on any and all MacBook Pro forums and blos as possible so other MacBook Pro owners can use the fix to repair their DVD-R Superdrive problem no being able to read and mount CD and DVD media.. Do what I did above and you’ll get your drive back without having to buy a new drive.. If your MacBook Pro is under warranty with Applecare then go to Apple. If the warranty has expired use my fix to repair your Superdrive..

Cheers,

Gary Smith