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Hello everyone. My Superdrive will not eject DVD. I have preformed every published remedy, including “drutil eject +sudo…”. I have begun to disassemble the case and I have two questions:

  1. Can I operate the MBP while the machine is disassembled in order to test the superdrive
  2. Is there a method for keeping the keyboard out of the way while removing the superdrive, without removing the ribbon? ( see step 9 in Guide)

First thing to do is get the drive out open it up and take the disk out. There not a lot of “testing” to be done here. This is a very common failure on a machine this old and replacement drives are cheap. When I say cheap I’m not talking about iFixit prices on this (which are not cheap). MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Models A1226 and A1260 Optical Drive Replacement

You can keep the casing open. I recommend to use something to prop the keyboard open so you can work and use the keyboard if needed