On 2006.12.04, at 18:34, Jane Freeman wrote: > > yes, I can hear it trying to eject....then it gives up. As others have pointed out, this is a common problem with older drives, including mine. What also helps is to stick a business card (or airline ticket, works great as it has rubber stripe on one side :)) in when it tries to eject and grab it with your fingers. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be a permanent solution. I solved the problem by buying a new dual layer DVD recorder and putting it in the external firewire case.