[G4] How to eject bad CD

[James Asherman]

On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 09:04  AM, Alex wrote:

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>> On Monday, Mar 8, 2004, at 00:54 Canada/Eastern, David Crandon wrote:
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>> On Mar 7, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Ron Michael wrote:
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>>> 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.
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> 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.
>
> f
>

HOLD THE  TRAY OPEN BUTTON DOWN AS YOU START UP. (Top Right)
J