On Tuesday, Mar 30, 2004, at 05:53 Europe/London, Michael Emery wrote:@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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
No, there is a button on the right hand side (as you look at it). I think it is power driven as it will respond at any time there is power to the imac.
You have to know where it is to operate it, its not a good idea to start poking around with paper clips, as it is close to a circuit board.
In my opinion it would be very short sited to not design in a fail safe for a stuck disk..
And remember Glen this is a list were users stick keyboards in dish washing machines !
-- Adrian
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