Q: eject dvd from eMac

First try a Restart while holding down the mouse button.

If that doesn’t work, look at these links:

A dozen ways to eject or unmount a recalcitrant CD or DVD

http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/08-2002/08-12.ws

Ejecting media in Mac OS X: Removing 'stuck' CDs/DVDs

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20041011075232575

PowerPC-based Macintosh: How to eject a disc when other options don't work

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106752

Force Eject (10.3 or later) - Can be used to eject any removable disk that the system will not eject. http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Force-Eject-Download-34780.html

 Cheers, Tom

We have both the first eMac model and the last. I just looked at both and they have manual eject holes in the same place.

Manually open the optical drive's white external door (a fingernail works). Shine a bright light on the black drive face inside. It's "black on black" so is very hard to see in room light. The hole is under the tray just to the left of the left end of the serial number sticker, and above a little gap between the white door and the main case body.

LaterMacs like these require that the compuer be powered up for teh manua eect to work. It's no longer purely mechanical as in the early optical drives.

holding down th mouse on restart worked like a charm.....thanks.