Eject a stuck CD
1. Click and hold down mouse as soon as you start up
if no result
2. Restart immediately press Command-Option-O-F (Open firm ware).
at Terminal type eject cd and press Return. After CD pops out type mac-boot to continue booting up
ron
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? -- Michael
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