If it's a drive where the ejection actuator button/lever/gizmo/whizbanger is hard to hit when poking around through that little hole with a paperclip, then maybe power off is a good idea. Paper clips are excellent conductors of electricity. Not that voltages tend to be dangerously high in that particular area, but if your paper clip is long enough and you poke around in there deeply enough you might possibly, depending on the design of the drive, short something out and fry some integrated circuit or something. A stubborn drive might be even more uncooperative after that. -- Bob C.
Jack Russell wrote: > Since the paper clip is pushing against a mechanical actuator, it > doesn't matter whether the power is on or off, etc. Even the latest MDD > units still have the "paper clip" emergency extraction provision. -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
