[G4] How to eject bad CD

Alex alist at sprint.ca
Mon Mar 8 11:37:46 PST 2004


On Monday, Mar 8, 2004, at 09:56 Canada/Eastern, James Asherman wrote:

>
> On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 09:04  AM, Alex wrote:
>
>>> On Monday, Mar 8, 2004, at 00:54 Canada/Eastern, David Crandon wrote:
>>>
>>> Trying holding down the mouse button while rebooting.
>>
>> This is the traditional Mac command to eject a removable device when 
>> booting, and it should work, unless there's a mechanical or 
>> electrical problem with the unit.[...]
>
> HOLD THE  TRAY OPEN BUTTON DOWN AS YOU START UP. (Top Right)

That should also work (if, that is, by "TRAY OPEN BUTTON" you mean the 
Media Eject key on the Apple Pro Keyboard or equivalents, and unless 
there's a mechanical problem) -- it's the equivalent of holding down 
the mouse button.

f

PS: James, you might be interested in reading "What is netiquette" at 
<http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/G4.html>, specifically the 
following--

"Some examples of poor netiquette are [...] TYPING IN ALL CAPS, (which 
is considered yelling)."




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