<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Take another look for the hole. On some of the G4's, if I remember correctly, the hole is further off to the side, not directly in view when the flap opens. You had to take off the bezel, which just popped off, or bend the paperclip and sort of snake it in there. I have no idea about the iMac though.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>David</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 20, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Tut wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <FONT face="Lucida Grande, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">Thanks John, but I have used those too – no luck. The paper clip <BR> does not work since Apple chose not to include the manual eject <BR> hole in the latest iMacs.<BR> <BR> > </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">You missed this one <<FONT color="#0000FF"><U><A href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25345">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25345</A></U></FONT>><BR> <BR> And Michael, m</FONT><FONT face="Lucida Grande, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">y iMac is a G5, 20”, 2 GHz running the latest software<BR> </FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><BR> > Just to clarify..is this an iMac G5 or an iMac G4? Yes, I know you <BR> > got it in June. Just trying to make sure...<BR> <BR> > Michael<BR> <BR> So,is there anyone who knows how to remove a CD out of a drive? <BR> I have no trouble removing the drive out of the Mac to get at it.<BR> The drive is a </FONT></SPAN><FONT face="Lucida Grande, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0px"><B>PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K04L using FW ver. D441<BR> <BR> BTW, System Profiler does not detect any CD in the drive, <BR> unless I restart with Command+option PR.<BR> <BR> It seems to me like the eject mechanism is defective. <BR> The CD can spin and I can read it data.<BR> </B></SPAN></FONT><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">X4U mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u">http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984">http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>