MB Pro won't read data DVD's? 1717 Responses

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effour
Anyone experienced this? I can read regular CD's, play DVD's but for some reason it won't mount or read data DVD's it says that they are empty?
May 21, 08, 1:50 p.m. – Permalink
7point34
FUCK, the terrorists have won!
- hahahhahahahhahaha– 404
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 1:51 p.m. – Permalink
ismith
Try it in a PPC mac if you can. It's probably because of the terrible new drives Apple uses.
- (with all their shitty copy protection and such)– ismith
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 1:52 p.m. – Permalink
lajj
My MB pro take like 45 minutes to copy 1.5 g from a DVD.
Saddam must disarm
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 1:53 p.m. – Permalink
effour
the same dvd disks work in other macs just fine. stupid stupid mac
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 2:01 p.m. – Permalink
acescence
update the drive firmware
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 2:01 p.m. – Permalink
effour
how do i do that?
- Click the Apple in the menubar, hit Software Update. It should be listed.– ismith1/2
  apple menu > software update?– drgs2/2
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 2:03 p.m. – Permalink
effour
my firmware is up to date. any other suggestions?
- See my first post. Buggy copy protection is my guess.– ismith
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 2:26 p.m. – Permalink
effour
it's not a copy protection thing, it's just a data dvd with a bunch of images, works fine on the mac beside me running leopard too...so bizarre.
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 2:34 p.m. – Permalink
ismith
That's why it's a bug... go to Applications/Utilities/System Profiler and check to see if the drives are from different manufacturers. Bet the dud is a Matshita. Or it could just be that that drive doesn't read the exact type of disc you're trying to open.
Macs get slightly different parts as runs progress, so MBPros produced a month apart are likely to have different drive models, updated logic boards, etc.
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 2:38 p.m. – Permalink
Llyod
this is funny because Apple's big thing is supposed to be multimedia
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 2:40 p.m. – Permalink
effour
Not sure what the make is, specs below of the drive. Somethng must be messed, because I just put in a DVD data disc that I know worked on my machine last month...fock
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:
Firmware Revision: AP09
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 3:40 p.m. – Permalink
Haydesign
What a coincidence. I've got a new MBP 17" the other day. I couldn't burn a MP3 data DVD from itunes about an hour ago. So i tried dragging the files on and burning direct. It took aaaaagggggeeesss to mount the blank DVD then said it couldn't verify after burning! Summin is fishy!!!!
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 3:50 p.m. – Permalink
acescence
there are reports of DVD weirdness exactly as you describe. i'd call up apple
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 4:07 p.m. – Permalink
acescence
also, regarding the copy protection thang, there are firmware hacks out there to remove region code restrictions for certain drives. google it.
- It has nothing to do with region coding, unfortunately.– ismith1/3
  It was the cause of Mac users not being able to listen to disc 1 of the Stadium Arcadium album– ismith2/3
  you got some links describing that which you speak of? i'm curious...– acescence3/3
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 4:08 p.m. – Permalink
kalkal
I always had problems with my powerbook superdrive. Worked like a treat for a few months then started constantly fucking up burning dvds.
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 4:16 p.m. – Permalink
enfocusmedia
I thought Macs were foolproof?
- gee, never get sick of that one– acescence
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Dog-earMay 21, 08, 4:17 p.m. – Permalink
ismith
I didn't feel like proof reading all of these, but I think they're all the same thing I'm talking about:
http://discussions.apple.com/thr…
http://www.philmug.ph/forum/show…
I couldn't find any of the discussions I looked at back when it was happening to me, since this was '05/06 I think. What I remember was that it loaded in every PC fine, fine on the iBook, iMac, etc but never on my MacBook Pro or any of the Intel macs after the RevB run or something.
- I tried the same disc in some of my friends' Stadium Arcadium boxes and had the same thing. It was uncanny.– ismith
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