Hello,
I had that same problem, the solution was to take it to the apple store
and have the drive replaced. Hope that this helps.
Scott
On Jan 11, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well I encountered a rather odd problem that a total reinstall resolved once
> before, but that just is not going to be an option whenever this comes up. I
> have no idea what is causing this problem, but my internal DVD drive will no
> longer view the contents of a disc. In fact every disc I insert is being
> reported to the OS as being blank. Of course this also means the drive will
> not burn any discs either. The last time I encountered this issue I was able
> to read discs, but not write to them. I have to admit that this problem makes
> no sense, but I'm leaning toward a bad plist file that is not apparently
> showing as being bad (if that makes sense). So, does anyone know which plist
> files I could trash or what else I could possibly do to address this issue? I
> do not have any DVD burning software installed, which was my initial thought.
> I did take the machine in about a year and a half ago and had the drive
> replaced, which at the end of the day turned out not to even be the issue.
> So, I am pretty confident the drive is not the problem. Now what is more
> curious is an external drive works perfectly. So, is it possible the internal
> drive has gone bad? Sure. However, I'm inclined to think it may be a software
> issue. Of course I may just install SL on an external drive and see what
> happens, but thought I would put the question out there as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
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