Michael Emery wrote: > Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied to my stuck CD problem: > > I have not looked at the CD drives on iMacs. but if they > are like those on our legacy PCI Macs they have a small > hole on the front. A large paperclip bent so that the > end can be shoved into this hole can be pushed against > the lever inside which will eject the disk. > > I tried poking a paperclip into the little hole next to the > CD drive with > no joy. Later, a coworker cracked open the case on the > reluctant iMac and > extracted the CD, to my great pleasure. He said that after > eyeballing the > CD drive up close, he's determined that the CD release button is > software-driven, as opposed to a mechanical release. > > Is this actually the case?
Its possible: In the past, I've purchased Mac's of the same model both with and without the mechanical hole; I could never figure out what the "logic" was, and just figured it depended on the cost of the actual drive. Another possibility is that the mechanical release has been hidden behind the face plate: I've seen Apple branded CD-ROM's with a face plate that Apple obviously put on after OEM that didn't give access to the mechanical release. An IT person once told me that they ordered Mac's that way for security reasons (i.e. nobody can walk by and take a CD out without logging onto the machine first), and that certain models came that way (i.e. he order certain models that had the covered mechanical release instead of models that have a hole for accessing the release). My response to him was the same as now: Whatever, its an annoyance to those of use in the real world. --> Russ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
