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I have a MacBook “Core 2 Duo” 13” A1278 Late 2008 here with a completely dead superdrive. It seems to be detected by OS but does not take in DVD’s at all. The original superdrive has been replaced with a 2010 superdrive. The retailer told me the screw holes are slightly off, but it should be compatible. Upon mounting I observe that although the superdrive is detected, takes in DVD’s, it decides to eject them after 10 seconds of spinning. Could the 2010+ superdrive work with a 2008 A1278? Partnumber original superdrive: 678-1462D Partnumber new superdrive: 678-0592C
Try using a known good retail type of disk instead of a possible one that’s just been written to, try several disks. The drive if it is good should work for you.
