Disk automatically ejects within 30 seconds of being put in

[Doju]

I have a Mac mini from 2009 or 2010 (before the aluminium redesign) with a superdrive, and the optical drive has always worked very well, but recently whenever you put in a disk (say a movie that we rented) it'll immediately pop out, which is really inconvenient.

I tried blowing compressed air into the optical drive but it didn't seem to help.

 

[GGJstudios]

I have a Mac mini from 2009 or 2010 (before the aluminium redesign) with a superdrive, and the optical drive has always worked very well, but recently whenever you put in a disk (say a movie that we rented) it'll immediately pop out, which is really inconvenient.

Does it do that with all disks, or only certain ones? Have you tested it with the Mac OS X install disk that came with your Mac?

 

[Doju]

Does it do that with all disks, or only certain ones? Have you tested it with the Mac OS X install disk that came with your Mac?

No, I have not. So far I've only tried blank DVDs and assumedly DRM'd movies that we own.

I'll try that though, thanks.

 

[Mandrake!]

I've got the same Mini that had the same problem. The superdrive stopped reading CD's and made a funny clicking noise with DVD's before spitting them back out.
I fixed it by using a drive cleaning disk we have. The disk has little brushes on the underside, and I just let it spin for a couple of minutes. It works fine now.
Hope this helps.