some dvd's not recognized in new macbook pro

stjara · 06-21-2008, 11:17 AM

dvd doesn't recognize some discs-macbook pro 2.2. my other mac book pro recognizes all discs. it appears as blank unburned. no firmware update necessary. any ideas?

areusche · 06-24-2008, 11:57 AM

I actually had this problem as well. I inserted my copy of The Bourne Ultimatum and it didn't recognize that there was a disk even in the drive.

I restarted my computer and bam! There it was sitting on my desktop.

Maybe give that a try?

mrgoski · 06-26-2008, 05:37 PM

may have to do with not having a region assigned to the drive. Brand spanking new dvd drives come with no region assigned. if used or referb or otherwise not exactly new then a region may be assigned that is incompatible.

insert disk, open dvd player, go to file -> get disk info -> click on picture of map

check that you have a compatible region assigned.

also note the number of changes left... only allowed to change it 5 times. mine is set to region 1 and i have changes left.

06-21-2008, 11:17 AM	#1
stjara Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1	some dvd's not recognized in new macbook pro dvd doesn't recognize some discs-macbook pro 2.2. my other mac book pro recognizes all discs. it appears as blank unburned. no firmware update necessary. any ideas?

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06-24-2008, 11:57 AM	#2
areusche Prospect Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3	I actually had this problem as well. I inserted my copy of The Bourne Ultimatum and it didn't recognize that there was a disk even in the drive. I restarted my computer and bam! There it was sitting on my desktop. Maybe give that a try?

06-26-2008, 05:37 PM	#3
mrgoski Prospect Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Castle Rock, CO. Posts: 4	may have to do with not having a region assigned to the drive. Brand spanking new dvd drives come with no region assigned. if used or referb or otherwise not exactly new then a region may be assigned that is incompatible. insert disk, open dvd player, go to file -> get disk info -> click on picture of map check that you have a compatible region assigned. also note the number of changes left... only allowed to change it 5 times. mine is set to region 1 and i have changes left.