Thanks John, but I have used those too no luck. The paper clip does not work since Apple chose not to include the manual eject hole in the latest iMacs. > You missed this one <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25345> And Michael, my iMac is a G5, 20², 2 GHz running the latest software > Just to clarify..is this an iMac G5 or an iMac G4? Yes, I know you > got it in June. Just trying to make sure... > Michael So,is there anyone who knows how to remove a CD out of a drive? I have no trouble removing the drive out of the Mac to get at it. The drive is a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K04L using FW ver. D441 BTW, System Profiler does not detect any CD in the drive, unless I restart with Command+option PR. It seems to me like the eject mechanism is defective. The CD can spin and I can read it data. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20051120/b72c6c5f/attachment.html