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BIG TROUBLE! CD stucked inside the iMAC G3!
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: South Brazil, Santa Maria
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My friend is really in trouble!
He put a damaged CD inside the iMAC G3 and now
there is no way to get it out!!
The CD does not appears on the desktop to eject it!
And shel commands like UNMOUNT does not work!
The keyboard is an old one!
It does not have the eject key!!!
What should we do!
Akira.
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"You may say I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one."
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: The Sunny Isle of Wight
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With "most" Macs you can force the CD to eject by using a straightened paper clip.
There is normally a hole near the middle/left at the bottom of the drive.
Good Luck.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Boston, MA
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Also try rebooting with the mouse held down.
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2000
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I've run into the same problem on a machine I support...
Holding the mouse button at startup didn't work. The OS/hardware isn't realizing that there is even a cd in the drive in the first place.
I used 2 butter knives with tape on them to pry cds...
Basically, put the tape on one side of both knives, making sure to cover those little jaggies. With the tape facing the cd, slide one knife under the cd. Put the other knife in on top. Lift the bottom knife slightly, press the top knife down to grip the cd and gently pull outward.
If you have double-sided tape that might be a better way to go - more grip. I used electrical tape because it was handy and the cd I was pulling was still important and expensive to replace (it was put in to make a backup and was its first use).
HTH!
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: NYC, NY
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Wow, it's like doing surgery on a sick iMac.
I had the same problem on my iBook. I used the force open method that littlegreenspud mentioned. Well hopefully u can find out something!
-ChadC
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13" Aluminum Macbook
16gig iPhone 4
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