On Jan 22, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Tim Stephens wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:00:44AM -0500, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Christian Wacker >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>>> >>>> If anyone can tell me how to coax it to spit up the DVD for a test >>>> with a CD I would appreciate it. It keeps cycling so there is never an >>>> icon and the other methods don't work. I find no eject pinhole either. >>>> >>> >> There is no eject button. >> > > IIRC, there is an eject pinhole disguised in the slot at the right hand > side of the drive. > > Apple's technote is here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3007 > > I also note, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2285, which has a couple more > tips should you not manage to get the above working.
Tim is exactly right. If you take a straightened paper clip or other slender "stick" and put between the "fuzzies" on the far right side of the slot, you'll find the eject switch. It's just a plastic covered "bump," but if you press it carefully, you'll feel it give as the contacts meet each other. It's kind of like the feel of a Mac Mini switch. Practice finding and pressing it while the iMac is off, then do it while it's running. You'll hear the optical drive's inject/eject motor run. If that doesn't eject the disk, the pull-it-out-with-two-plastic-credit-cards trick *might* work, *if* the rubber eject roller is able to grip the disk enough to get it partially out. If that doesn't work, then either the rubber eject roller is so coated with lint/dust/dreck that it has no grip on the disk, or the little rubber band-like roller drive belt has broken or lost its ability to grip its pulleys. A simple cleaning of the roller and drive belt (I use Goof-Off because it restores the rubber's sticky quality) will get things in working order again. Jim Scott -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
