On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 07:52 PM, mcph at olemiss.edu wrote: > It goes in with very little friction > about 1/2 way then stops. OK, first, D-E-E-P breath... when you say '1/2 way', have you tried the obvious, that is, pushing down on the CD once it is in 1/2 way to see if it will engage the motor and fully load? If so, (and that doesn't work) have you tried to see if there is a cd in the drive? Restart and hold (& Keep holding) the mouse key down while restarting the Cube. If there is a cd/dvd in there (assuming it is standard size) it will eject. Let's start with that and move forward slowly from there...