[X4U] Stuck CD - advice much appreciated.

[Frank Isackson]

As was suggested allow the Mac to cool down for an hour or so and then startup holding down the mouse button. This has worked for Cubes and laptops in the past when I've been confronted with the same issue. However sometimes what happens is the CD just peeks out and then is inhaled by the mechanism once more. In this instance I use a pair of rubber coated needle-nose pliers to grab the little devil and pull it out before it returns to the bowels of the drive. (Be prepared to ruin the CD.)

In any case this is no panacea.

Good luck,

Frank Isackson

-----Original Message-----
>From: eleventhvolume <colin at eleventhvolume.com>
>Sent: Nov 30, 2006 3:03 PM
>To: "OS X list user.\"" <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: [X4U] Stuck CD - advice much appreciated. 
>
>Dear List,
>
>I have a CD that is stuck inside my MacBook Pro. The eject mechanism
>attempts to eject the CD, but appears to encounter a problem, gives up and
>remounts the disc on the desktop and iTunes. From the sound of it, it's a
>hardware rather than a software problem. I can't see any obstruction, but
>there's not much to see anyway. The disc appeared perfectly fine when I
>inserted it and plays fine via iTunes. Can anybody recommend anything to get
>it out? Advice would be much appreciated as I use the drive a lot.
>
>All the best, Colin.
>
>The CD is a review disc by an electronica group called Gescom. It's a CD
>reissue of the world's first minidisc-only release, now that minidisc has
>become an almost defunct medium. Perhaps there's some form of revenge, and
>certainly irony, in this situation.
>
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