On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 09:04 AM, Alex wrote: > >> 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. > > f > HOLD THE TRAY OPEN BUTTON DOWN AS YOU START UP. (Top Right) J