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After trying several times and doing the NVRAM Reset several times I could now grab all DVD's except 2. Most of the time I had to reboot with the NVRAM Reset after every single DVD. It is strange like this, and remembers me on some bad old days in the past when I was using windows 95 or 98...

But now I'm expiriencing trouble again. I suppose it is because of the region setting. I'm ripping sent in TV Clips from TV-Stations from all over the world about our Project, so I cannot define myself for one region. Is there a way to make my MBP's DVD drive region free?

Hello It seems it did help it. A DVD that didn't work before i did the NVRAM Reset got mounted now. Thank you.

Yes, recently i did some SMC Firmware update that came through Software update. I don't have apple care, but something pretty similar offered by my apple dealer. So I'd still have some waranty. But I can't realy live with no computer for a while, so it is not realy a option for me to hand in my...

Its a Spring 2008 Mac Book Pro 15" Hardware Overview: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 6 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 800 MHz Boot ROM...

So it is a problem caused by the SMC firmware update that whas supplied by apple recently?

Hello I'm experiencing a problem with Video DVD's. If I insert them, the drive spins up, and there is the normal reading sign, but after maybe 15 to 20 seconds it ejects the DVD. I can't find any notices about these in /var/log/system.log . Sometimes the DVD's work and sometimes they refuse...