Hi Ronda
Whilst I can hear the computer trying to eject the disk (when I
restart and hold down the trackpad button) the disk doesn't appear to
be spinning at all.
I tried what you said and what they said on the site you suggested <http://www.silvermac
etc.> with no result, assuming I did what you (and they) said
correctly.
Thanks
Peter
p.s.
I've restarted a few times and sometimes, as the person said on
silvermac said, the computer won't start at all.
On 04/10/2009, at 8:51 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi again Peter,
If all our suggestions so far have failed to eject the "stuck" CD.
Disrupt the spin:
If you listen carefully, you can probably hear your optical drive
powering up & down over and over again.
As long as the disc spins, it’s not coming out.
1. Find a very thin piece of cardboard or even a business card.
2. Restart your Mac and hold down the mouse/trackpad button as you
poke the cardboard inside the SuperDrive slot.
The goal is to slip it above the CD or DVD — towards the left side
of the drive — and gently jiggle it around to put pressure on the
disc.
3. You might have to continue this for up to a minute or so, but it
often works when all other methods fail.
There are images & further instructions here:
<http://www.silvermac.com/2006/dvd-stuck-in-macbook-pro/>
<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ejecting_a_really_stuck_dvd_from_a_mac/
>
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
On 04/10/2009, at 8:31 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Peter,
Have you tried opening Terminal app and typing "drutil
eject" (without the quotes).?
See if that will eject the CD.
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
On 04/10/2009, at 8:06 AM, Peter Curtis wrote:
Hi Daniel
No, it's still stuck in the laptop. I left the computer off all
night to perhaps cool off and tried again this morning. I can hear
the mechanism trying to eject the disk a couple of times but it
doesn't appear, it then stops trying to eject it. Anybody any
other suggestions to try?
It's going to be interesting telling the library they'll have to
wait for their CD's, and why.
Regards
Peter
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