Hi:

I don't use my DVD drive too much, and this afternoon when trying to insert a disk to do a burn, it won't go in. To the best of my knowledge there's no disk inside. Regardless, I tried the typical solutions suggested in this forum, (1) pressing the eject keyboard button while starting the machine, (2) starting the machine with the mouse button pressed in, (3) clearing the PRAM. None of these solutions worked in my case. Disk utilities indicate that the drive is awaitng for a CD to be inserted. What else should I investigate? Thanks.

PS:

I tried also the following terminal commands:

For those of us who grew up during the compact disc’s hay day, this is a fantastic app. It does more than look like a CD player. It acts like a CD player. You can especially tell this because, like a CD player from the 80’s or 90’s, it actually has dedicated buttons for rewind and fast forward, separate from those used to change the tracks. From the developer: 'CD Drive Tool gives you on screen or system tray control with your CD Rom Drives (From 1 to 5 drives). You can Open and Close your CD Rom Drives and Run the CD's in your CD.

Williams-Mac-mini:~ williampabon$ drutil tray eject

Williams-Mac-mini:~ williampabon$ drutil list

Vendor Product Rev Bus SupportLevel

1 HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA32N KC08 ATAPI Apple Shipping

Williams-Mac-mini:~ williampabon$ drutil tray eject 1

Williams-Mac-mini:~ williampabon$

None of those helped.

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

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