G4 ate a disk ....

[Loudog]

Hi people .... I'm a newbie on here so go easy! I have a g4 tower that just ate a cd, and wont spit it out. I'm using a cheap Logitech keyboard, which has a button I programmed to eject the cd. The disk is of dubious origin ... burnt by a client - it doesn't show up on the desk top, and my eject button doesn't even display the usual grey arrow when pushed. I've heard about a small hole and paperclip .... I don't see any hole. I tried starting up and holding the apple-option-o-f keys, but it asks me to press "return" ... my board has only "enter" which has no effect.
Help!! Please and thanks in advance ..
Geoff

 

[eva01]

hold down mouse button as you start up

you know i really have no idea if that works on desktops but it works on laptops (had some stuck in old iBook once) never anything in my powermac :/

 

[CanadaRAM]

And depending on the operating system, F12
or open iTunes and choose Eject from the menus.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Is it one of the Mirrored Drive Door G4s? There was a bug of some kind with certain models of that Mac where it would refuse to spit out CDs. We had that problem for a while with ours at work – normally a restart would do the trick, but it sounds from your post that that didn't work for you. There's a page on Apple's site that might be of some use – it gives a few options to try, including finding that elusive paperclip hole...

 

[Loudog]

Woohoo!!

Is it one of the Mirrored Drive Door G4s? There was a bug of some kind with certain models of that Mac where it would refuse to spit out CDs. We had that problem for a while with ours at work – normally a restart would do the trick, but it sounds from your post that that didn't work for you. There's a page on Apple's site that might be of some use – it gives a few options to try, including finding that elusive paperclip hole...

You rock. I found the hole ( behave .. ) and got it out. I think the drive went south. Or maybe north. I opened Toast and dragged an mpeg onto it ... that offers me the drive, which opens when I select it. It didn't offer me that drive .... me thinks she's toast. Thanks for the help ....

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Thanks for the help ....

You're welcome!