[Cube] CD stuck in cube

[Jane Freeman]

Luis,

Just want to let you know that your first suggestion (#1) worked.   
When I get brave enough, I'll put in another CD and see if it sticks  
again.  Thank you VERY much!

Jane


On Dec 4, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Luis Meleiro wrote:

> Jane: try the following...
>
> 1. Use Disk Utility to eject The first and simplest method, if you  
> only want to unmount a single volume on the disk, is to use Disk  
> Utility, located in Applications/Utilities. In Disk Utility, simply  
> select the volume you want to unmount and click Eject.
>
> 2. Hold Down the mouse button at startup In some cases holding down  
> a connected mouse button at startup will cause a misbehaving  
> optical drive to eject its media. (Unfortunately, this method will  
> not work if you are using a Bluetooth keyboard.).
>
> 3. Boot into Open Firmware and eject If you have a Mac that will  
> not startup properly and has a stuck disc, try booting into Open  
> Firmware by holding down Command, Option, O key and F key during  
> startup. After booting into Open Firmware, type the command: eject-cd.
>
> 4. Enabling an Eject menu As a side note, you can enable another  
> means of ejecting disks by opening the folder System/Library/ 
> CoreServices/Menu Extras and double-clicking the file "Eject.menu".  
> An eject icon will appear in the menubar that can be used to close  
> and open selected optical drives. (If you no longer want the Eject  
> menubar item, hold down the command key while clicking and dragging  
> the icon out of the menubar space.).
>
> Hope this was helpful,
> LM
>
> >>>jane007 at centurytel.net 12/04/06 3:01 pm >>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to get a CD to eject from the cube without taking it
> apart? I've never had one refuse to come up before!
>
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