Ann - I've not worked on a flat panel in a while, but if you manually open the CD door and look down below the tray on the right side, is there not a button you might be able to hit with a paperclip or something thin like a nail file?
I believe the reason you can't eject from Open Firmware is that the system sees the CD as it's only boot disk. Since the system is pulling information from the CD, it's active and can not be ejected. Plug the mouse directly into a USB port, not into the keyboard. Reboot the computer, wait for the chime, then hold down the mouse button. Hopefully it will spit out for you. Many times, these key combinations we use are subject to certain timing rules. If you hold down the mouse button too early, the USB driver hasn't loaded and it's not recognized. If you wait too long, it's already started booting to the CD and it can't eject. Hope this helps! -- Bryan C. Forrest Macintosh Specialist & Asst. Network Administrator LifeNet http://www.lifenet.org On Jun 24, 2004, at 1:18 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: > Oh, if only the flat panel iMac HAD an emergency wonderful tiny > paperclip hole like everyone of the previous Macs we have had. I would > be much happier. > It doesn't. > Do I need to take it to a service tech and have the thing dismantled > to get the cd out? Is this yet another evidence of engineered full > employment for techs? No offense to the technicians in this group. You > are all absolutely wonderful. And your advice is wonderful. It just > seems like this particular thing can/should be so unnecessary. > Can I take the bottom off and do something without having to remove > all its innards? (I have a ground strap wrist thing and screwdrivers) > or will it blow up? > > Mike Robertson wrote: > >> Have you tried opening up a paper clip and poking it into the hole >> near or under the cd tray to manually eject it? >> It has worked for me in the past. Good luck. >> Mike Robertson >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ann Richmond <richmond at qx.net> >> Sent: Jun 24, 2004 8:33 AM >> To: Macgroup Macgroup <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Subject: MacGroup: iMac cd won't eject >> >> More on the non starting iMac now with an Apple Hardware Test cd >> inside which will not eject. >> I have tried holding the mouse button down during startup. No joy. >> After perusing the Apple support site (on another computer), I did >> get it to startup in Open Firmware. It was a relief to see something >> besides a blue screen! But upon typing "eject cd" as instructed, the >> reply appeared "cannot eject cd". >> The Test cd won't run and won't eject. Any ideas? >> >> Thanks again >> Ann >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
