[P1] cd drive won't open

[Michael Adams]

Mary C. Youra wrote:

>> Brian Olesky wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> This may be overly simplistic, but I always have to hit the eject 
>>> button
>>> several times before it finally notices and decides to work. But 
>>> eventually
>>> (8 - 9 hits) it always seems to work. Did you keep hitting the button?
>>>
>>
>> I find the trick is to hold eject down until it works. This means that
>> if you accidentally hit eject rather than delete while typing, you don't
>> have the cd popping out!
>>
>> Mary, do the volume and screen brightness buttons still work? If not
>> then the shortcut keys may've been turned off somehow.
>>
>> --Michael.
>>
>
> Yes, Michael -- those still work. I finally got the tray to open using 
> Cmd-Eject. My husband's off the hook, too, as he says he couldn't get 
> the Eject button to work, either. This is making me suspect something 
> I downloaded recently -- iTunes 4 or Safari perhaps. Stranger things 
> have happened.
>
> Thanks for the ideas. 


That's really weird. No idea what the problem could be. Try taking it 
into your local Apple Service Center... if you can show them that it 
doesn't work, then you're sure to get their attention! I would recommend 
reinstalling OS X, but I'm sure that you've got better things to do.

--Michael.