CD stuck in MacBook

Phaser · 18 Dec 2007 at 20:52

So yeah, as title really. A CD seems to have become stuck in my drive and pressing the eject button dosen't make any difference.

If I restart it takes about 15 mins to boot into Leopard as it's trying to load the CD.

Tried tilting the MacBook but nothing.

Is it going to be an Applecare job?

:mad:

J1234 · 18 Dec 2007 at 20:54

Restart and hold down the mouse button.

Failing that, try ejecting from within iTunes.

Phaser · 18 Dec 2007 at 20:56

Justin said:
Restart and hold down the mouse button.

Tried that but still didn't work.

The MacBook isn't actually picking up the CD, it's not listed on the desktop or anything.

J1234 · 18 Dec 2007 at 20:59

Phaser said:
Tried that but still didn't work.

The MacBook isn't actually picking up the CD, it's not listed on the desktop or anything.

Try resetting the PRAM.

Linky.

Hamish · 18 Dec 2007 at 22:42

or use disk utility, that usually works...

badbob · 18 Dec 2007 at 22:43

lol no paperclip eject hole??

J1234 · 18 Dec 2007 at 22:44

Failing that, try this.

badbob said:
lol no paperclip eject hole??

Not on a slot loading drive.

Only the older PPC Macs have a hole.

Caged · 18 Dec 2007 at 23:12

Justin said:
Not on a slot loading drive

Actually only "not on a Mac" for some reason. It's perfectly possible to make a slot loading drive with an eject hole, but it probably goes against Apple's idea of "design" or something.

Try this: http://www.silvermac.com/2006/dvd-stuck-in-macbook-pro/

Edit: Hey, same link as above. Didn't spot that.

badbob · 18 Dec 2007 at 23:15

Justin said:
Failing that, try this.

Not on a slot loading drive.

Only the older PPC Macs have a hole.

Checks...nope hole in my laptop drives. Just Apple "design" :rolleyes:

A G3 optical drive lacked eject hole too.

Caged · 18 Dec 2007 at 23:23

Try jamming a straightened out paperclip in the right hand edge of the slot.

meghatronic · 19 Dec 2007 at 11:05

Open the laptop, put the keyboard face down on the desk so the laptop screen hangs over the edge facing away from you, then lift it up, start it, holding down mouse button but keeping devide flat and upside down.... Used to kick out cd's that had got stuck :-)

Deleted member 651465 · 19 Dec 2007 at 17:08

Holding down the mouse button (you need to do it from the time you turn it on, until the desktop) usually does the trick.

There have been reports that 2 bits of paper either side of the slot can loose it enough, otherwise it looks like a repair

ic1male · 20 Dec 2007 at 10:08

Same happened on my mini. I actually tried feeding it another disc and that seemed to make it kick out the stuck one.

J1234 · 20 Dec 2007 at 12:29

Got it out yet?

CD stuck in MacBook

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