I experienced the same symptoms with my Mini last week. I took it to the Apple Store and they determined the optical drive was bad and replaced it.
Brett C. On Feb 15, 2010, at 7:46 PM, carlene knight wrote: > HI: > > I've got a Mini that has a problem with some CD.'s too, particularly ones > that have been burned without using ITunes. I don't know if they are in a > strange format or what. My drive makes a horrible noise and then the action > you describe. It's hard to get the disk out. It might spit it out if I left > it long enough. My husband's Mini does it too with the same CD.'s. > > On Feb 12, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Jessi and Goldina wrote: > >> hey guys >> the cd/dvd drive on my macbook has been doing some weird things lately. >> it'll play most cds and dvd's, but it's iffy on my glee road to sectionals >> box set. there are four dvd's in the set, the first 13 episodes of the show. >> sometimes they'll work, but most of the time they just spin and stop and >> spin and stop and finally the dvd player spits them out. they're not mounted >> to the finder and the mac doesn't seem to have any recognission that they're >> inserted except for the spinning and stopping before spitting out. >> >> I've tried cleaning the dvd's and it doesn't make a difference. does anyone >> know why it might be doing this? I hope there's nothing wrong with the >> drive! but I don't think so, cuz it works with other cd's! and sometimes >> with the glee ones too, just not all the time! it seems to have a mind of >> its own about when it wants to work! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > carlene knight > http://carleneknight.blogspot.com > ckni...@knight-toolworks.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
