you have to listen for the chime at boot and then while the chime is 
playing, press and hold the eject button till the disc ejects.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Elliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by 
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: dvd in my drive won't eject


ok i'll see how it goes.
On Jul 6, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

>> Hi all,
>
> Larry wrote:  Its the right mouse button specificly I believe that
> you want to hold down but perhaps either works. But, in any case,
> this almost always gets the disk out of the drive.
>>
>>
>> TK:  I usually use the left button but if Larry says he uses the
>> right and it works as well then it appears that you can use either.
>
> Later...
>
>>
>> On Jul 6, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi Matthew,
>>>
>>> You WROTE:  i put in a dvd to burn some files to. i launched
>>> dragon burn. as i was doing this, the drive reved up then tried to
>>> eject the disc, but for some reason it won't eject it. it's like
>>> it's stuck between seeing what the disc is then trying to eject
>>> it. i've restarted the mac, tapped and held the eject button, then
>>> shut the mac down and repeating the action. i've also logged back
>>> in and done it too. i'm on an imac. can anyone help? how can i get
>>> the disc out?
>>>
>>> TK:  TRY RESTARTING YOUR IMAC, AND WHILE THE STARTUP CHIME IS
>>> SOUNDING, HOLD DOWN YOUR MOUSE BUTTON.  KEEP HOLDING IT DOWN UNTIL
>>> THE DVD EJECTS.  THAT SHOULD DO IT UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
>>> WITH THE MECHANISM.
>>>
>>> HTH.
>>>
>>> LATER...
>>>
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> & Carter the Canine
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Tim Kilburn
> & Carter the Canine
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>





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