Comments on: Possible MacBook Pro SuperDrive 2.1 Fix

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:05:42 +0000

I have a late 2007 Macbook Pro with the same superdrive symptoms discussed here and the problem all started after operating system upgrades back in December last year. After hearing this i’m going to go spare on Apple tech support.

There is one quirk though, i have a ‘MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E’ — not a ‘D’ model like is being discussed, my firmware version is ‘ZA0E’ not like the above aforementioned.

Can anyone perhaps give me some guidance on this, should i attempt a flash?

By: Richard Mondello

Richard Mondello — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:20:20 +0000

iQ, that’s not a Matshita drive. It’s out of my expertise, but I wish you luck, regardless.

By: iQ

iQ — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:41:08 +0000

I have the same problem here,
My MBP 2.4GHz with the following superdrive details

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:
Firmware Revision: AP12
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

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can somebody here help me out ?
the drive always spit out any CD/DVD everytime I inserted
please any suggestion appreciated

thanks

By: Richard Mondello

Richard Mondello — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:44:35 +0000

Sorry Joshua, but everything that I know is already written on this blog.

I wish you luck with your struggle.

By: Joshua Baker

Joshua Baker — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:45:11 +0000

Hi again Richard,

My super drive will now recognize cd and dvd but will now not burn. It says it having communication problems. Can you give me any ideas what to do? Thanks

By: Richard Mondello

Richard Mondello — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:25:27 +0000

@Delaymad That’s what’s happened with all of our machines, too. I’m sorry you’ve been bitten by the same “bug”.

Unfortunately, this type of treatment seems “standard” from Apple in this instance. I can give you other examples of fantastic customer service from Apple, but anything involving these Matshita drives is a tale of woe.

I’m glad to hear that this fix worked for you! You’ve very welcome. We’re all in this together.

By: Delaymad

Delaymad — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:23:10 +0000

Hi, and thanks!

May MacBook Pro 2.33 (Late 2007) for the last 8 months or so has become more and more fussy with recognizing Blank CD’s and DVD’s to the point wrer it spits out every 99 CDs out of 100.. I can’t tell you the date that it started getting fussy but I knew that it once was not fussy and the next it was.

I took it to a Mac Shop and they replaced the hard drive but as soon as I got home the problem was there! After visiting the Mac shop and trying to convince them time and time again that something was wrong they sent me away as if I was crazy!

After coming across this site and following the instructions above (I’m no Genius) my superdrive (MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D) now recognize any CD or DVD I put into it! Thanks so so so so much for your help!

By: Ricky

Ricky — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:55:13 +0000

@Ham Brown: You can try dragging the script to System Preferences > Accounts > Startup.

I don’t know if it’ll work.

By: Ham Brown

Ham Brown — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:29:43 +0000

Would it be possible to run the script automatically at boot?

By: Richard Mondello : MacBook (Pro) Matshita SuperDrive 2.1 Solution

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