[G4] How to eject bad CD

[Alex]

> On Monday, Mar 8, 2004, at 00:54 Canada/Eastern, David Crandon wrote:
>
> On Mar 7, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Ron Michael wrote:
>
>> I've got a G4 1.25 mirror door. I've got an apparent bad CD stuck in 
>> the top
>> drive. The old Macs had a tiny hole that allowed you to use a paper 
>> clip to
>> manually eject. Any ideas what I can do with this new problem?
>
> 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. If it doesn't, you can still try for force-eject 
manually. The Mac drive door is held in place by a spring in the lower 
hinge. Open it with your nail (or some sharp object). Drives actually 
vary, but it's likely yours still has the manual eject hole and you'll 
see it when the door is opened. (Don't confuse it with the empty holes 
for the activity LED and the eject button.) Keep the door open with one 
hand (or tape it down) and use your other hand to insert the paper clip 
and force open the tray. It's probably best to do this when the Mac is 
shut down.

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