CD won't eject from Mac G4 Powerbook

In article <020920041139060032%reply_to@newsgroup.INVALID>, Chris Moore
<reply_to.RemoveThis@newsgroup.INVALID> wrote:

 > In article <15d57169.0409020757.3f9b0a9e.RemoveThis@posting.google.com>, Andrew
 > Farach-Colton <drusito.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
 >
  > > I have an audio CD in my Mac G4 powerbook. When I went to eject it
  > > (from the itunes menu) it froze the itunes program and I had to force
  > > quit. Then it no longer recognized the CD in the finder menu.
  > >
  > > I did the reboot/command/option/O-F trick, but when I typed in 'eject
  > > cd' at the prompt, I got the reply: 'can't OPEN the EJECT device'
  > >
  > > Any suggestions for what to do next, besides pry the thing open?!
  > >
  > > Thanks!
 >
 > Restart and hold down the mouse through startup.

Hold down the trackpad?

Cathy

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In article <15d57169.0409020757.3f9b0a9e.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>, Andrew
Farach-Colton <drusito.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

 > I have an audio CD in my Mac G4 powerbook. When I went to eject it
 > (from the itunes menu) it froze the itunes program and I had to force
 > quit. Then it no longer recognized the CD in the finder menu.
 >
 > I did the reboot/command/option/O-F trick, but when I typed in 'eject
 > cd' at the prompt, I got the reply: 'can't OPEN the EJECT device'
 >
 > Any suggestions for what to do next, besides pry the thing open?!
x
You might try booting with Option key down. Then when the startup
screen appears (whether or not you have OS 9 on your machine), type
Command-period.

I put this together from the keyboard command list at:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html" target="_blank">http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html</a>

Is it possible the system can't locate the CD drive? If so, maybe Disk
Warrior would help.

Cathy

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In article <020920041023480067%cats1921@sonic.net>, Cathy Stevenson
<cats1921.TakeThisOut@sonic.net> wrote:

 > In article <020920041139060032%reply_to@newsgroup.INVALID>, Chris Moore
 > <reply_to.TakeThisOut@newsgroup.INVALID> wrote:
 >
  > > In article <15d57169.0409020757.3f9b0a9e.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>, Andrew
  > > Farach-Colton <drusito.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
  > >
   > > > I have an audio CD in my Mac G4 powerbook. When I went to eject it
   > > > (from the itunes menu) it froze the itunes program and I had to force
   > > > quit. Then it no longer recognized the CD in the finder menu.
   > > >
   > > > I did the reboot/command/option/O-F trick, but when I typed in 'eject
   > > > cd' at the prompt, I got the reply: 'can't OPEN the EJECT device'
   > > >
   > > > Any suggestions for what to do next, besides pry the thing open?!
   > > >
   > > > Thanks!
  > >
  > > Restart and hold down the mouse through startup.
 >
 > Hold down the trackpad?

Obviously not. How about the button that you click when you want to
represent a mouse click that's right below and a little to the left of
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