Hi Peter,
Good news. Yep, it takes a bit of fiddling with the card position and
time to eventually force the CD to eject.
Glad it worked for you.
I wouldn't put that CD back in the drive, but before coming down to
Perth check the drive again with a CD/DVD to see that the Drive is
functioning correctly.
There is known issue with some of the MacBook Pro's SuperDrives.
If it needs checking out, I would suggest Daniel of MacWizardry to
have a look at it.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 04/10/2009, at 12:01 PM, Peter Curtis wrote:
HEY IT'S OUT!!!!
Many thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions.
I persevered with what Ronda suggested and just tried and tried and
tried and then, all of a sudden it ejected.
Once again, many thanks everyone. It's taken a load off my mind.
Regards
Peter
On 04/10/2009, at 10:28 AM, Peter Curtis wrote:
Hi Ronda
I tried all that. When I restart with the trackpad button down I
hear the disk ejection mechanism trying to work but it appears the
disk is physically stuck. (I think) The eject mechanism is working,
the disk just doesn't come out.
Regards
Peter
On 04/10/2009, at 10:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Peter,
On 04/10/2009, at 9:57 AM, Peter Curtis wrote:
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.
When the card is in above the CD as you are starting up the
computer, it is forcing the disk to STOP spinning, so it can be
ejected.
It won't eject while it is spinning.
" I inserted a small piece of thin battery pack cardboard just
above the disc and twisted it (the cardboard) a little so the disk
can’t spin when starting up. I turned the computer on and held
down the trackpad button. I could hear the sound of the optical
drive inside, not the spinning sound but rather sound of something
moving ever so slightly. I heard it only two times and the third
sound was a well known one - the offending DVD came out. "
Cheers,
Ronni
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
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
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