I installed SWTOR using all 3 discs on my old PC just to check, they work fine and that is not the issue. Check the disk, make sure it's not smudged or scratched. You can also try moving the disk drive from the system that worked to the one you are trying the setup on and using that. If it works, that points to something not working on the original drive. Although you should test it with several other disks to see what may be going on.

If you're using an external CD drive with your Mac, you can remove a stuck CD by opening the CD drive's casing, finding the pinhole, and inserting a small object (e.g., a bent paperclip) into it until the CD slides out. The dvd in the machine can be played (in other works the dvd player works) but if you press eject nothing happens. Hi.I do not know if you can do it but no other way.Lets try it. Please got a screwdriver and open the DVD case from the sides and back.

Any other ideas very welcome. Other: Windows 7 64 bit. Drive specs: ASUS BW-12B1ST Blu-ray Writer 12X BD-R 16X DVD+R SATA I'm hoping that I don't have a bum drive that died mid install, but I'm curious what else I can do. Update: It is not the CD - every time my PC restarts, it pulls the drive in and then spits it out when the restart is done. Pushing the dvd drive button just has the tray go in, lights pulse for a few seconds, and then the tray comes back out again. I installed SWTOR using all 3 discs on my old PC just to check, they work fine and that is not the issue.

- Click start, select computer. - Right-click the icon for the disc drive that is stuck, and then click Eject. - If nothing happens, look at your DVD/CD rewritable, press the button firmly to eject the drive.

I have been trying to figure this out ever since I got an optibay and then ended up with a useless button on the keyboard. After hours of frustration and trying different things I have found the way to make the Eject button on the keyboard eject the external cd/dvd drive and not affect any hdd/ssd/flash drives or anything else connected via usb or sata. Notice: I am not sure if this will work for Leopard or Tiger, only that the software used does work on those operating systems.

I tried that but it didn't work. Any other ideas very welcome. Other: Windows 7 64 bit. Drive specs: ASUS BW-12B1ST Blu-ray Writer 12X BD-R 16X DVD+R SATA I'm hoping that I don't have a bum drive that died mid install, but I'm curious what else I can do.

I had the exact same problem as #8. 'The CD extension will take the dvd and power on and spin but then spit it out after a minute.

So the disk does not slip while it is spun at the correct speed to be read by the laser pick up or reading head. If the two actions fail, it is the reason why a disk is spat out of the drive when attempting to read or select the drive in windows to open the contents of the disk to be read or viewed.

The first is to use a wet or dry cloth to clean the disc. Use circular motions to clean it, or wipe from out-to-inside or inside to out. Never wipe in the direction around the tracks, as this can cause track skippage and actually make the problem worse.

I was in the middle of installing Star Wars the Old Republic, a 3 disc install. So, I put in disc 3, and then, the computer spits it out.

Option one is to drag the device to the trashcan. Yes, don’t panic, it’s not indicating that you want the Mac operating system to reformat the device or wipe it clean, but rather the trashcan switches to a weird triangle icon instead, as you can see here when I drag my Corsair drive: That’s how I remove devices on my own Mac systems, since it’s so darn easy, even if it’s a bit confusing to people who haven’t tried it before. Option two, however, is a bit more logical if you’re still jumpy about dragging your device to the trash. Ctrl-click on the device icon instead, and check out the options that appear: As highlighted, you want to choose “Eject” and you’re done. Either way, these both give you easy options to eject any sort of USB disk drive, digital camera, personal media player, or similar.

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Since LG has admitted it is a 'known issue', then there should have been a recall to either repair or replace the devices for which the problem exists.

The problem seems to be that the device is not able to read correctly the disk (if it is not a issue with the registry keys as suggested by another answer). The possible tests/solutions are: • Check if the disks are damaged searching for scratches or smudges on the data surface(s).

I was in the middle of installing Star Wars the Old Republic, a 3 disc install. So, I put in disc 3, and then, the computer spits it out. I fiddle around some, hitting the button on the drive, pushing in the tray manually, etc.

If it works, that points to something not working on the original drive. Although you should test it with several other disks to see what may be going on. If that is the only disk it does not like, probably not a big deal unless it's in warranty now and you can swap it. Did you read what I posted?

The light sure flickers a lot though. I read around a bit, one solution was to uninstall the drive, and then reinstall after resetting the PC. I tried that but it didn't work.

I took mine apart and cleaned the laser lens with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton bud (USA English translation = cue tip). The problem persisted even though this method/trick worked for me previously. As a last ditch attempt, I took it apart and literally just blew air from my mouth around the circuitry (not recommended as small bits of saliva might cause a short circuit and a completely dead drive; I only did this as I have no compressed air and I was willing to throw it in the bin (trash) if it didn't work afterwards, especially as a new one is already being posted to me as I type). Amazingly, it worked. Before blowing air, I also inserted a disc a few times into the drive without the metal cover on it, with it connected via external USB - SATA connector; without the cover on I had to help guide the disc on to the central disc spinner/retainer (sorry, don't know the technical term). This may or may not have helped eventually get the drive functioning properly again (perhaps it freed up one of the mechanisms??). Anyway, I hope documentation of my experience might help someone else with a stubborn drive at some.

Here's how to read scratched CDs and DVDs in Windows. Fairly easily and this can cause a lot of read problems on the drive. The way to check is two-fold. • visually inspect the disc to see if there are any scratches.

The second is there is a rubber band in most cases. When you shut the drive tray after it closes. The read and write laser head is raised up by a further motion so it is about 0.5 mm away from the cd or dvd inserted. When it does this it activates a switch to let the drive know the tray is closed and the read and right head is raised and engaged ready to read the disk. The other action it performs by raising the read right head, is to lift the disk off the tray insert and clamp the drive motor spindle between its self and a magnetic plate to clamp the cd or dvd disk it`s self.

What you will need: - Works for Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard, and Tiger. Download and install KeyRemap4Macbook. Restart is required for use. Open System Preferences > KeyRepma4Macbook 3. Make sure you are on the 'Change Key' menu and click in the search bar in KeyRemap4Macbook, not the search for System Preferences.

Note 4: 'Eject to Command+Control+Option+Shift+E' must be selected in KeyRemap4Macbook before you apply the shortcut in Keyboard Shortcuts, if you disable it in KeyRemap4Macbook and renable it you may need to redo the shortcut also. Thanks to subsonix for helping me with the Shell Script.

It is not the CD - every time my PC restarts, it pulls the drive in and then spits it out when the restart is done. Pushing the dvd drive button just has the tray go in, lights pulse for a few seconds, and then the tray comes back out again. I installed SWTOR using all 3 discs on my old PC just to check, they work fine and that is not the issue. I read around a bit, one solution was to uninstall the drive, and then reinstall after resetting the PC. I tried that but it didn't work. It will not accept any other CDs.

It is NOT the cd! When did you say no CDs work?

Or at worst the laser of the drive has failed Thunder. Thanks for the detailed answer, but how to I assess this - take out my dvd drive? Is there anything I can actually do? I was in the middle of installing Star Wars the Old Republic, a 3 disc install. So, I put in disc 3, and then, the computer spits it out. I fiddle around some, hitting the button on the drive, pushing in the tray manually, etc. I reset my PC.

3. Reset the NVRAM/PRAM and SMC A small amount of your computer’s memory, called “non-volatile random-access memory” or NVRAM, stores certain settings in a location that OS X can access quickly. The settings that are stored in NVRAM depend on the type of Mac you’re using, and the types of devices connected to it. Power related settings can be controlled by the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac. If you are experiencing issues with powering on your computer, sleep, wake, charging your Mac notebook battery, or other power-related symptoms, you might need to reset the SMC instead. You can find reset instructions for both here. Reset NVRAM and PRAM Shut down the computer.Press the power button to turn it back on and immediately after pressing the power button, hold down the Command(Apple), Option, P, and R – all the four keys together on the left hand side of the keyboard and keep them hold until you hear 3 loud buzzing (or Chimes).Let go off the keys after 3rd buzzing sound and let the computer be restarted normally. 4. Delete the Finder’s preference files Some people have reported successfully fixing Optical CD/DVD Drive on Mac or SuperDrive issues by deleting the Finder’s preference files (don’t worry, the Finder will automatically make new ones).

It is NOT the cd! I was in the middle of installing Star Wars the Old Republic, a 3 disc install. So, I put in disc 3, and then, the computer spits it out. I fiddle around some, hitting the button on the drive, pushing in the tray manually, etc. I reset my PC. Then the drive comes in, and then ejects out in the boot up process. Ccleaner for mac old version. The light is on, but anything that goes in, comes out.

I plugged it in, and it would activate, but when I put the disc into the drive and let it do it's thing, nothing happened. I couldn't eject the disc, and the only way to do it was to restart the mac and hold down the eject key on the keyboard, and it would pop out the disc. The best thing I can tell you is that these drives sometimes do not work with older machines, I have no idea why, but they don't. I told my uncle what happened, and he was like 'hmm that's weird.' Never seen that before, but it kinda makes sense to me in a weird sort of way. Maybe try buying the apple super drive and see if it works. • or to post comments #8 None of this is working:( Submitted by beccal on 25 December, 2017.

Type 'eject' in the search bar and check the box next to 'Eject to Command+Control+Option+Shift+E' 5. Exit System Preferences and open Automator. Choose the template 'Service' and hit 'Choose' at the bottom right. In the search bar at the top left, type 'Run Shell Script' 8. Drag 'Run Shell Script' from the left to the Workflow Area.

Try telling Windows to eject the tray. In Windows 7’s Windows Explorer, go to Computer. In Windows 8 or 10, go to File Explorer’s This PC.

Any other ideas very welcome. Other: Windows 7 64 bit.

You can try to boot from a Linux pen drive, or from one of the systems specific for the hardware checking. If the problem disappears it means that you have to search in the current system/settings.

Is It A Hardware Problem? Finally if all else fails, you could simply have a hardware problem. This goes anywhere from a cable that was unseated, to a bad drive or motherboard connection somewhere down the line. The first step is to try a new cable and connection port on the motherboard to see if that fixes your problem. If it doesn’t you can try to plug another know-good drive in to see if the problem is coming from the old drive or the motherboard.

Must have wrecked my SuperDrive somehow--and maybe yours, too--and I agree with Ryan when he says Apple hasn't been up to its reputation, lately. Maybe the market pressure got too much, and they started buying cheaper components. Makes me wonder; imagine, you buy the brand new MacBook/MacBook Pro, with its encased battery and other fancy stuff, and something breaks down in the beast's belly. What do you do, then, bring it back to that some so-called Genius tells you to send it in to AppleCare.

Tried that as well did not work for me either, When I contacted Apple was told that it would take 10 days to repair. I am working Paris, one service centre put the phone down on me (thank you very much!!), when I asked about repairs and the rest of the service centers are busy, 10 days seems to be the norm one service center told me to come back in, wait for it, 3 weeks and then maybe, yes maybe it might be a bit quieter and then it would only take 5 days!! My situation is unbelievable, I use my macbook pro everyday and I cannot afford to lose the time as I have deadlines to meet. Just need to find someone who can repair this drive quickly in a single day so I do not lose much time.

Drive specs: ASUS BW-12B1ST Blu-ray Writer 12X BD-R 16X DVD+R SATA I'm hoping that I don't have a bum drive that died mid install, but I'm curious what else I can do. Update: It is not the CD - every time my PC restarts, it pulls the drive in and then spits it out when the restart is done. Pushing the dvd drive button just has the tray go in, lights pulse for a few seconds, and then the tray comes back out again. I installed SWTOR using all 3 discs on my old PC just to check, they work fine and that is not the issue. Check the disk, make sure it's not smudged or scratched. You can also try moving the disk drive from the system that worked to the one you are trying the setup on and using that. If it works, that points to something not working on the original drive.

This goes anywhere from a cable that was unseated, to a bad drive or motherboard connection somewhere down the line. The first step is to try a new cable and connection port on the motherboard to see if that fixes your problem.

My computer is not showing that it recognizes it anywhere.' I turned the drive upside down with the Apple icon underneath instead of on top. (Now the top is silver in color and without any graphics or markings.) PRESTO! However, it puzzles me that even when it's working, there is nothing visible on the screen. And I can connect or disconnect the cable for the external DVD without getting any kind of prompt or error message.

If you are using new macOS Sierra then read the post on and how to fix error found by disk utility in recovery mode. Delete the following configuration file to create a fresh copy Your Mac store the information of the every CD you put into the CD / DVD drive in a file called CD Info.cidb. Similarly some other files contains info about the settings and configuration of the drive and disk. Deleting them will allow OS X to create a fresh copy of them.Delete the following files from your Mac. • ~/Library/Caches (your local Library directory).

Please consider upgrading to Internet Explorer 8, 9, or 10, or trying another browser such as Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome. (Please remember to honor your company's IT policies before installing new software!) • • • •.

Push the paperclip into the eject hole until you feel resistance, then push it a bit further to open the CD/DVD drawer on the optical drive.

I updated the bios which I knew wasnt the issue as this thing use to work but Asus tech support suggested it. I checked device manager and it recognizes the device perfectly. I then tried the lone USB port opposite of the 2 others on the netbook. I was only able to plug in one USB plug and it worked! I have another Netbook and the drive was working perfectly on that Netbook which is the same model.

Well how about all of you find out what model you have for your CD-RW/DVD by looking for it under Apple Menu, About This Mac, More Info., Hardware., ATA, ATA Bus, (THEN YOUR MODEL SHOULD BE LISTED.) My Model is MATSHITACD-RW CW-8221 Revision: GA0H. Like I said I was having problems with the drive called AppleCare they told me to do some things I already done they included. Resetting PRAM and NVRAM Shut down the computer. Holding down the Command(Apple), Option, P, and R and then hold the Power button simultaneously, and told me to do that 3 times and wait for 3 loud buzzing (or some odd sound I can't describe). Also Resetting System Management Controller (SMC) Was told to shutdown and disconnect the AC Adapter and remove the computer's battery after that I had to press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds(I did 10 seconds) and then release the button, then reconnect the battery and AC Adapter and to restart the system.

Another thing to check is to see if it's even showing up in the 'Computer' folder of the finder. With a disk inserted, hit command, shift, C to go to the root of the computer. Here is where you'll see any drives that are connected and accessible. Check and see if the drive is there.

Can Someone from Apple please post to this thread and Help Us address this issue. I have used a Mac since 1994, but lately nothing but problems. My iPod Touch broke after 7 months and even though apple said it had a 1 year war.