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Stuck disc problem: Disc gets stuck in limbo if it doesn't mount

When I insert a disc it's iffy if the disc will mount.

If it does go in and mount, the disc normally works fine and is recognized, etc. so it doesn't seem that the superdrive itself is broken.

However, increasingly, the disc won't move into proper place and the computer doesn't recognize it has having been inserted. I can't actually see what's going on, but it seems like it's getting stuck halfway.

If it doesn't mount and isn't recognized, I usually have to do the eject command in terminal. This normally requires repeated tries and eventually a tiny bit of the disc pokes out of the slot and I can get ahold of it and pull it out. So far, none of the discs that this has happened with is damaged.

Pretty much, I just avoid inserting discs and I feel like an external drive would be easier. It seems like something is bent or catching though, and I wonder if anybody else has this specific problem.

Suggestions? Thanks for any info.

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Most likely a dysfunctional optical drive. In my experience with optical drives, they will just start to have weird mechanical issues over the life span of your computer. Pretty cheap to replace though. And you could also replace it with a second hard drive (you can find those kits online).

Also if terminal manual eject isn't working, you can also try restarting the computer and clicking down the trackpad as the computer reboots, should manually eject the disc. Hope this helps.

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Thanks for the info. I have used the trackpad/reboot method but it doesn't seem to be a more oomf-y eject (not that the terminal command isn't time consuming too, just it works after about the same ridiculously larger number of "eject" commands without adding booting time to it). Alas, sounds like it's broke and just needs to be replaced. Thanks for the input, Pat. Cheers.

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You may need to manually eject the disk by removing the optical unit out of the system and fish the disk out by hand. Depending on the unit you may find it quite easy and others harder to get the disk out. It's still possible the problem is the disk not the player and you should try it one more time with a different disk before getting a new unit.

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Thanks for the added input, Dan. Unfortunately, this is not a single incident - I'm sorry if that was unclear in my original post - this has happened MANY MANY times with lots of different discs, so I'm pretty sure it's not the discs. I wish that were the case!

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