Coins in the disk slot!

My two year-old son, after watching me insert a disk, thought he'd have a go and inserted two coins in my disk slot last night. I was wondering how difficult this will be to fix, and should I take it to the Apple store, or are there any tricks to getting them out myself?
Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 25, 2008 11:51 AM

20 replies

Mar 29, 2008 2:05 PM in response to Chrysanthemummy

My husband did exactly the same thing I did, and amazingly it worked! He closed the computer, tipped it forward, gave the edge a gentle tap and out slipped one coin. He did it again and the other coin slipped out. I have no idea why it worked for him, and not when I tried it. But the DVD/CD drive works perfectly now, with no signs of any damage.

Thanks for all the replies!

Mar 29, 2008 2:12 PM in response to Chrysanthemummy

The best advice was to take the MacBook in to have the technicians remove the coins, and some suggested this could be done in less than an hour. There was some interesting discussion about the effects of shattering CD's while in the drive, although slightly off topic. The coins did finally fall out when the computer was closed and gently tapped, but this may not work for everyone. Taking it in for service is probably the only real solution if they don't easily slid out.

Mar 31, 2008 7:12 AM in response to Chrysanthemummy

Fantastic news!

Congratulations!

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Mar 31, 2008 7:17 AM in response to Chrysanthemummy

That's great. Now keep kids and coins away from the MBP.

Rod Hagen

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Apr 6, 2008 5:16 AM in response to sig

I KNEW there was a good reason for limiting pocket money for the under fives! 😉

Cheers

Rod

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Coins in the disk slot!