My Mac Pro early 2009 has two non-functional engravers.

Reader superdrive in my Mac Pro and a Blu - Ray player are not recognized now. They were in the past. My OS is upgraded 10.11.5. I would appreciate any advice.

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-You say engravers.  Readers read the CD or DVD?

-Is one or more optical drives?

-They are readers Apple?

-What happens when you insert a CD or a DVD?

-Do they not show in System Profiler under burning drive? You should see the chipset in the enclosure, as well as the HD itself

OS X: about system information and System Profiler - Apple Support

https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT203001

-Try to reset memory NVRAM/PRAM and SMC

MacIntel: Reset of the controller (SMC) system management

https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT201295

Subject of memory NVRAM and PRAM

https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT204063

-Try to start safe mode

OS x: what is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT201262

-Start to recovery and repair the startup disk

OS X: on OS X Recovery - Apple Support

https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT201314

-If it is repairable reinstall the OSX

How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT204904

-If you do not have a backup using disk utility to restore the internal drive to an external drive, so that you can try to recover the data.

Format the boot disk and then do a fresh install of Mac OS x

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