Mac mini dvd player not reading

Yosemite I've tried several tips found on blogs, but nothing can make the Mac mini read the disks. ElvisVinicius ElvisVinicius 3. Had the same problem turned out to be hardware.

Can you check the voltage for the external drive and make sure no other stuff is plugged in? The problem is only with the optical reader. I tested it with a reader from Samsung in the same USB case, same problem, Yosemite continues ejecting any disk inserted. Also tested with another USB case and the same problem persists.

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Post Your Answer Discard By clicking "Post Your Answer", you acknowledge that you have read our updated terms of service , privacy policy and cookie policy , and that your continued use of the website is subject to these policies. Nice to know, but I prefer to open up the drive and clean it this way. I did this I cleaned the lens using alcohol. Unfortunately it didn't helped at all. DVD's are still working but not CD's Those superdrives are really a piece of junk. Mine stopped working after one year. I did this and everything worked fine afterwards.

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Holy crap it worked. This trick is brilliant. Lost your password? Powered by the Parse. More Mac Sites: Macworld MacUser iPhone Central. One fix for non-functioning SuperDrive Feb 14, '12 D I think , experienced a long, slow decline in its performance, and finally it stopped working altogether.

When I say 'stopped working,' I mean that it wouldn't recognize a disc: I'd insert the disc, it would spin around a little, make some chugging noises, but then spit it back out. I don't do much with discs, and since it's a 4. Anyway, that's when I stumbled across a solution: You take a clean cloth like a lens cloth for cleaning eyeglasses , drape it over something slim like a business card or a smooth plastic gift card, and plum the depths of your drive in an attempt to clean the lens.

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Supposedly it's just inside the left boundary, but I plunged my improvised cleaner in everywhere I could, as deep as I could get it. I didn't use a brutal amount of force, but I wasn't particularly gentle either.

Mac Mini won't read cd's or DVD's

Fair warning: I'm sure it's possible to somehow do horrific damage to something in your drive. If you have the time, patience, and money, I encourage you to take your non-functioning drive to a professional. But if you like to try to fix expensive hardware yourself, then this hint is for you. All the credit for this goes to Anar's post here.

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I suppose as a last resort, if a drive cleaning kit doesn't help, you could try this. Just be careful. The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say. One fix for non-functioning SuperDrive Authored by: PGB on Feb 14, '12 Good hint for the savvy owners of out-of-warranty equipment. That should be plumb , not plum.

Sammo on Jul 26, '12 Worked first time. Many thanks.