- #MAC DVD DRIVE NOT WORKING PROPERLY UPDATE#
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- #MAC DVD DRIVE NOT WORKING PROPERLY SOFTWARE#
- #MAC DVD DRIVE NOT WORKING PROPERLY PC#
#MAC DVD DRIVE NOT WORKING PROPERLY SOFTWARE#
If you need to make sure that the drive is working on a software level, open System Preferences. With macOS Catalina, the SuperDrive won’t show up in the, Finder sidebar, Desktop, or Disk Utility unless a disc is inserted. …Īlso know Is Apple SuperDrive compatible with Catalina? …Įnable and Format the Drive in Disk Management. Make Sure It’s Plugged In and Powered On. What to Do When Your External Hard Drive Won’t Show Up What do I do when my external hard drive is not detected? You should see a device disappear from System Information when you remove the USB device, and it should appear again when you reconnect it. Wait a few minutes, and click File > Refresh Information. Open System Information and disconnect the USB device from your computer. The drive is not readable on macOS.Īccordingly, How do I get my Mac to recognize my USB? Why your Mac does not recognize external hard drive Thereof, Why won’t my external DVD player work on my Mac? Choose Preferences > General and make sure that there is a tick beside External Drives.
#MAC DVD DRIVE NOT WORKING PROPERLY PORTABLE#
Internal SATA DVD Drive: LG 24X SATA Super-Multi DVD Internal Rewriter with M-Disc SupportĮxternal USB DVD Drive: Samsung USB Portable DVD Writerįor older computers you might require an ‘IDE’ dvd writer – you can tell by opening your case and seeing if it has a ‘ribbon’ type cable (see picture on the right).Click on Finder in the menu at the top of your screen.
#MAC DVD DRIVE NOT WORKING PROPERLY PC#
Replacing them in your PC is also very simple – generally four screws and two connectors.
#MAC DVD DRIVE NOT WORKING PROPERLY UPDATE#
Go to either your PC manufacturer’s or the device manufacturers website and locate the latest firmware update – sometimes its easier just to search in Google for “model name firmware download” (in my case this was “ AD-7251H Firmware Download“).Identify the exact model of your optical drive – for some people this will be listed in the device name in Device Manager, for example my customers device was a HP AD-7251H.I recommend downloading updates only from manufacturer websites. × Note Update to an incorrect firmware can render the device unusable so you do so at your own risk. What is Firmware? Firmware is the software in your hardware – hence the ‘firm’ (somewhere between hard and soft) and just like the software on your computer, it can be updated to fix issues or improve performance. Step 2: Update the Firmware of your CD/DVD drive If the problem persists move on to step 2.Restart your computer and try the drive.Now shutdown your computer, personally I recommend shutting down the computer, disconnecting it from the mains and pressing the power button a few times with it unplugged – this force the dissipation of any residual power in the system.Locate your CD/DVD drive in Device Manager and note the name (in case you need to continue on to Step 2), right click on it and select Uninstall.Go to Control Panel, System and then Device Manager (or type ‘Device Manager’ in to the search box of the start menu).This is the easiest step to try and is risk free – you simply force Windows to reinstall the drive from scratch: Steps to Fix the Issue Step 1: Reinstall the CD/DVD Drive The drawer would open fine and the disk drive was visible as an option in My Computer but the system simply wouldn’t read or detect the disks.Īfter a quick search it seemed like lots of HP customers have had the same experience. A customer recently had a problem with the CD/DVD drive in their HP computer which had essentially just stopped reading disks.