Munged up eMac CD Drive

[anothertwitch]

Greets again all!

Once again I approach the fountain of accumulated Mac wisdom

I have a friend who has an eMac primarily for the benefit of their 4 year old daughter who inserted a small toy cd into the CD drive. Subsequently someone else attempted to insert an actual real CD into the drive and now both are firmly stuck within the drive unit.

I have heard a rumour of a command or keypress one could use to shut down the drive and force it to eject media.

If anyone knows the keychord or has other suggestions concerning how we might return the drive to service without a trip to the shop we would greatly welcome your suggestions.

Thanks!

Be Well,
anotherTwitch

 

[DeltaMac]

Sure, holding the mouse button down during a boot will open the CD tray, but if two items are stuck there, then the tray is likely jammed closed! If it will open a little, then perhaps the tray can be 'urged' open, but too many items in the tray probably means a service call. A competent service tech should be able to disassemble the drive if necessary and remove the offending disks, but the drive could be damaged as well..