[G4] Help!

[James Asherman]

If it's really inside the gears and stuff , then after the below advice 
you will still need tweezers or forceps and a steady hand to get it out.
J

Roger Harris wrote:

> Open the outer cover and use a large sized paper clip to put in the 
> tiny hole on the CD drive. Push in with the paper clip to get the CD 
> drawer to open. You have to bend the paper clip to a straight shape 
> for it to work.
>
> The large CDs are too cheap to use anything else; 15 to 20cents each.
>
> Roger
>
> Barbara Adams wrote:
>
>> I have a G4 733mhz running Panther and I hope someone can help me 
>> with the following two problems:
>>
>> 1)    I was taking a small-sized CD (128 mb) out of the tower when it 
>> slipped out of my hands and went into the bay somehow. Apparently, it 
>> is inside the player as it didn't shake out. Do I have to take it in 
>> for service or is it something I can do to try and get it out??? 
>> Maybe it's not such a good idea to use those -- they are great for 
>> recording a project that you want to share with someone else (by 
>> mail) when a regular CD is overkill...
>
>
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