[G4] Help!

[Barbara Adams]

Thanks, everyone -- I forgot to mention that the CD tray goes in and 
out whenever it wants to  now, so I don't need to force it open. But I 
will try your ideas before I take it in.

Barb

On Apr 19, 2004, at 2:08 PM, James Asherman wrote:

> 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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