CD stuck in iMac

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Don't be such a pansy EVH, you're pee'd off I'm sure but things go wrong all the time in the world. You're just unfortunate!!!

I'm sure you will survive the 7-10 days without :p

And by no means is this a good enough reason to 'flog it' just because a CD has got stuck!!!!!!

Now calm down, before I e-slap sense into you!

iMac > *

Period.

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i know how to fix this without sending it back to apple.... sounds wierd but i would give it a shot... might save you some hassle.

1-take a piece of card, like from a packet of batteries
2-tun off your mac.
3- take the piece of card and place it in the slot... just a little enough for you to be able to put a little pressure on the cd
4-turn on the mac while holding down the mouse button, while exerting downward force on the cd, enough for it to stop spinning..
5-wait
6- Enjoy you CD/DVD back and a fully working optical drive
 
Robotica said:
i know how to fix this without sending it back to apple.... sounds wierd but i would give it a shot... might save you some hassle.

1-take a piece of card, like from a packet of batteries
2-tun off your mac.
3- take the piece of card and place it in the slot... just a little enough for you to be able to put a little pressure on the cd
4-turn on the mac while holding down the mouse button, while exerting downward force on the cd, enough for it to stop spinning..
5-wait
6- Enjoy you CD/DVD back and a fully working optical drive
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Be interesting to know if that works.
 
SentineL-X said:
yeah it sure will.

I stupidly put one a DVD in the wrong way round by mistake when I first had it, but luckily enough it popped back out after 30 seconds:rolleyes:
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I remember constantly living in fear of the DVD drive chewing stuff when I had my G5 iMac years ago. They don't seem to do well with them for some reason.
 
Thanks for the email Robotica.

I was tearing apart the missues rice crispies box at 6am this morning (to get some cardboard) :D

Unfortunately, no matter which way I tried to jam the card in, it wouldn't coax the CD out.


The courier rung me today when I was out, but luckily my mum (who I gave my new 16GB iPhone to :eek: ) arranged for collection tomorrow morning.

I've been digging around my old room at my parent's house for the iMac box, it really is suprising how big that thing is! I swear you could live inside it.


P.s. If I pass these exams I may just sit on the money from the sale of the iMac and see what I want to do.

One half of me wants to get an iMac when they're refreshed, but the other half is skeptical because of the dodgy CD/DVD drive and is pushing me towards a Mac Pro.
 
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you can feel the cd spinning with the card.... thae aim is to forceably stop the cd moving with the card.. by exerting downward pressure on the top of the CD

while your doing that you need to hold the mouse down ( the normal remove disc before bootup procedure )

what this does is change the type of error the CD drive thinks it have to it *should* come out

did you try that? i am sure i could get it out for you if i were there, good luck :)

might take a few min before it comes out
 
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I learnt a neat trick for if the cd won't come out because of hardware problems (if it's software you can do all the reboot mouse button/terminal etc. things).

1) Find keyboard, find eject button.
2) Clear desk
3) Lie imac face down on desk, so screen is down.
4) Press eject button.
5) Retrieve cd.

Gravity really is a good thing at times.
 
jdickerson said:
I learnt a neat trick for if the cd won't come out because of hardware problems (if it's software you can do all the reboot mouse button/terminal etc. things).

1) Find keyboard, find eject button.
2) Clear desk
3) Lie imac face down on desk, so screen is down.
4) Press eject button.
5) Retrieve cd.

Gravity really is a good thing at times.
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Have you actually done this?
 
jdickerson said:
I learnt a neat trick for if the cd won't come out because of hardware problems (if it's software you can do all the reboot mouse button/terminal etc. things).

1) Find keyboard, find eject button.
2) Clear desk
3) Lie imac face down on desk, so screen is down.
4) Press eject button.
5) Retrieve cd.

Gravity really is a good thing at times.
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Tried that, tried all the methods posted here.

Just wanted to update the thread really..

Got a call on Friday about Apple receiving the iMac, and that they've ordered a new optical disc drive.. should take 2 working days to fit, and then another 2-3 to re-deliver it to me.

I had to listen to the answerphone message 7 times, the guy on the line had the thickest Indian accent I've ever heard.
 
The iMac is back :)

They actually preserved the CD that was stuck in the drive, and you'd never tell that it had been repaired.

Overall, 5 days from collection to delivery (including 2 days for the weekend), you could call it 3 working days. Impressive.

Still going to sell this and get the new iMac/Mac Pro though.
 
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