| 'I've read up on firmware updates and drive cleaners, etc but most people (if not all) claim that these fixes didn't work for them.' - yet, no web page links were provided.
'It doesn't seem to be a hardware issue necessarily...' - yes, it may be a hardware issue - such as dust.
'Could it have to do with updating to 10.3.9?' - no.
'I'm vexed ... Hope someone ... can lend a brother some ...' - first, try to use a can of compressed air, directing the air stream into the drives center.
If that produces a temporary or failed result, then consider removing the Superdrive, disassembling it - exposing the read / write heads, blowing compressed (or human generated) air across the read / write heads - and elsewhere, reassembling only the laser protective shield, (temporarily) reinstalling the Superdrive, burn a new disc and attempt to read it.
If successful, remove and fully re-assemble the Superdrive. If not, try cleaning the heads and elsewhere again ... (temporarily) reassembling, burning, reading, fully assembling, etc. Otherwise, some other factors exist.
I have performed the above on CD and DVD burners (D106 included) with much success.
Last edited by barhar; March 8th, 2006 at 06:58 AM.
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