[muglo] Re: optical drive woes

If one of these doesn't work, you're screwed. I had the best success  
with the 'Terminal' and open firmware solutions.
> First try the normal methods to remove the disc. Drag its
> icon to the Trash can in the Dock or select 'Eject' from the
> File menu.
> Shut down the computer and start up while holding down the
> mouse button. This may take some time, but keep your finger
> on the mouse button right up until the disc comes out or the
> log-in screen has appeared.
> If you have Toast Titanium on your computer,
> choose EJECT DISC from the menubar.
> Sometimes you
> can successfully use the eject disc button in iTunes even if
> the disc is not visible to the Finder.
> Open Disk Utility and
> choose the disc you wish to eject in the left-hand pane, then
> click on the Eject button.

> Some Macintoshes have a paperclip
> hole that you can insert a straightened paperclip into,
> manually triggering the eject mechanism.

> Open Terminal and
> type "drutil tray eject" to eject the disc/tray, and "drutil
> tray close" to close the tray.

> Restart the computer while
> holding down Command-Option-O-F, to enter the Open Firmware
> prompt. Type "eject cd" without the quotes, and press return.
> The disk ought to eject. To start into OS X, type "mac-boot"
> without the quotes. Press return, and the computer will
> continue with the startup. (This will not work on an Intel
> Mac. There is no Open Firmware on Intel Macs.)

> If your
> computer has an eject button on the keyboard, restart the
> computer holding down the Option key. When the startup disk
> selection screen appears, let go of the option key and press
> the keyboard's eject button.
On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Karl Hochmann wrote:

> A disk is stuck in my drive. Help. What can I do to dislodge this
> miserable, annoying, obstinate runt?
>
> Karl
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