I've had this problem since I bought my machine. I decided to live with it rather than screw around with returning it, etc. Using the pin to eject shouldn't be a problem. I have a paperclip attached to my padded satchel for when I'm on the road I'm never without my ejection pin. Paul On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 11:57 AM, Brian D. Hudson wrote: > > I thought of that at first, and then tried holding it down for a few > seconds, but it still doesn't open all the time. It sounds like it is > trying to open it, but it just doesn't do it. I have also tried > opening it by dragging the icon to the trash, and also ejecting it > from the file menu in finder.