Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden
Ok, good news for me. I ran one of those cleaning CDs with the little brushes on it through my drive, and it works fine now. Yay. :) Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Mar 13, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: Agreed. Or all your DVDs went bad at the same time :) Hopefully whatever is in there isn't scratching up your disks. Another test could be to boot off the installer, launch Disk Utility and then try putting in a DVD. If it won't mount then it's a hardware problem because all the software involved is straight from the installer, not your usual system stuff. CB On 3/13/12 3:06 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: It's a hardware issue and needs to be resolved by an apple engineer depending on your system. It's happened with 2 machines of mine in 5 years so it's mainly a rogue DVD superdrive. lew On 12 Mar 2012, at 23:33, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, In the last month, I've noticed that DVDs won't play. The player seems to consider them a foreign object. It spins for about 30 seconds and then spits them out again. I don't know if this is a hardware or software issue. What can I try on the software side to reset drivers or disk permissions, etc.? Thanks, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden
It's a hardware issue and needs to be resolved by an apple engineer depending on your system. It's happened with 2 machines of mine in 5 years so it's mainly a rogue DVD superdrive. lew On 12 Mar 2012, at 23:33, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, In the last month, I've noticed that DVDs won't play. The player seems to consider them a foreign object. It spins for about 30 seconds and then spits them out again. I don't know if this is a hardware or software issue. What can I try on the software side to reset drivers or disk permissions, etc.? Thanks, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden
Agreed. Or all your DVDs went bad at the same time :) Hopefully whatever is in there isn't scratching up your disks. Another test could be to boot off the installer, launch Disk Utility and then try putting in a DVD. If it won't mount then it's a hardware problem because all the software involved is straight from the installer, not your usual system stuff. CB On 3/13/12 3:06 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: It's a hardware issue and needs to be resolved by an apple engineer depending on your system. It's happened with 2 machines of mine in 5 years so it's mainly a rogue DVD superdrive. lew On 12 Mar 2012, at 23:33, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, In the last month, I've noticed that DVDs won't play. The player seems to consider them a foreign object. It spins for about 30 seconds and then spits them out again. I don't know if this is a hardware or software issue. What can I try on the software side to reset drivers or disk permissions, etc.? Thanks, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden
Hi Teresa, YOu most likely have some kind of hardware issue, probably something stuck in the drive itself. This happened to me and it ended up being a piece of paper. Take your machine to an Apple Store and they can remove it for you. Hope this helps, Kevin Shaw On 2012-03-12, at 7:33 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, In the last month, I've noticed that DVDs won't play. The player seems to consider them a foreign object. It spins for about 30 seconds and then spits them out again. I don't know if this is a hardware or software issue. What can I try on the software side to reset drivers or disk permissions, etc.? Thanks, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden
Oh boy. Ok, thanks, Kevin. I think I'll blame my cats for this. Ok, it could happen. :) Teresa The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete Graham On Mar 12, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: Hi Teresa, YOu most likely have some kind of hardware issue, probably something stuck in the drive itself. This happened to me and it ended up being a piece of paper. Take your machine to an Apple Store and they can remove it for you. Hope this helps, Kevin Shaw On 2012-03-12, at 7:33 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, In the last month, I've noticed that DVDs won't play. The player seems to consider them a foreign object. It spins for about 30 seconds and then spits them out again. I don't know if this is a hardware or software issue. What can I try on the software side to reset drivers or disk permissions, etc.? Thanks, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
