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dvd/cd drive not writing on MBP, troubleshooting tips needed!
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hi all i have a 2 month old mbp and all was well untl last week when the powerbrick went dead (was not attached to the mbp) and now a week later with a new brick i noticed that i cant write dvds or cds. here are the messages:
I have not changed media (in the middle of 100pc spindles for both) and media burns on the pc next to me. I remember reading about caches and what not u can flush for hardware errors, but can't remember where. Anyway, the errors point to media, but I know this media is good...so what to try now? thanks!!!
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Probably a bad burner, plan a visit to the genius bar.
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thanks firefly. i know. looks that bad. but the nearest gbar is over 3000 miles away. is there any test that can tell for sure?
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Can you read any disks (do they mount)? Can you write any media at all (CDs maybe)? If not, time to order a replacement drive and install it yourself in Nepal, or use an external burner.
Steve
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ibook, thanks, all cds and dvds read and mount fine but nothing burns. see errors above. i need to burn bad. i am networked connected to PCs but cant get toast to see a networked pc drives. toast wants an ip address, and drive on pc won't share with blank media? wha?
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I had a weird experience a month or two back...
Tried burning a DVD in Toast, and got an error VERY similar to what you got... Drive mad some very odd sounds, etc, etc. I thought the drive died. An hour or so later, it was working perfectly.
The short of it is, I agree, I think it's a drive error. Unfortunately, doesn't sound like your drive is fixing itself, as mine did.
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Originally Posted by JustinHorne 
I had a weird experience a month or two back...
Tried burning a DVD in Toast, and got an error VERY similar to what you got... Drive mad some very odd sounds, etc, etc. I thought the drive died. An hour or so later, it was working perfectly.
The short of it is, I agree, I think it's a drive error. Unfortunately, doesn't sound like your drive is fixing itself, as mine did.
Thanks justin. this drive did something like that in 10.4.11, which it was delivered with. CD-rs in toast would not burn, but everything else did. then after leopard install, all was well for a month. isn't there some firmware cache u can flush somewhere? thanks.
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Originally Posted by forumhound
...a 2 month old mbp...
Warranty issue, very easy, call 1-800-SOS-APPL. They will probably send you a shipping box and RMA number for overnight repair.
-Allen Wicks
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Originally Posted by SierraDragon
Warranty issue, very easy, call 1-800-SOS-APPL. They will probably send you a shipping box and RMA number for overnight repair.
-Allen Wicks
Gosh i wish it were that simple in nepal. the dealer here has to order the part, then a tech comes to your house to do the repair, or takes the machine back to the shop. the process can take 2 weeks to 2 months. things move slow here. cheers!
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