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optical drive won't take the disc

MacBook Pro 17" early 2009

What can I replace this with? I don't see one on your site. Is there a brand or model no. I can search for?

I wonder if it is fixable. I tried some of the posted fixes from Apple, nothing worked. The drive will not let me insert a disc at all. There is no disc in the drive but it feels like something is stopping it. Electrical glitch?

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The drive is stuck in the wrong mode (play) which is why you can't install the disk. Best to just replace the optical drive.

Here's the part you need: Unibody 8x SATA SuperDrive (Pre-Mid 2009).

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I fixed my response for the correct model now that we know you have a unibody model.

As for the Hard Drive you can use any 2.5" 9.5mm high SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) unit. I would recommend a hybrid drive (SSHD). Seagate makes a 1TB drive that would work for you.

Before you open your system make sure your firmware is upto date. Follow this Apple TN EFI & SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs

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Thank you for your response. I don't want a second HD although I want a larger HD. I want to replace my optical drive also and I looked up the ones you mentioned but it says it is "excluding unibody" machines. Mine is a unibody machine. I assume maybe wrongly that these units would not work in my unibody machine. Is that true? What can I use then?

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PS I thought I needed SATA not PATA.

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