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I just gave my ancient iBook to my neice.
She called and asked how to eject the DVD tray?
I could not recall. I thought it had a small oval button on the right side that ejected it?
Thanks in advance for assistance.
If it's like the 12-inch model, the eject button is the F12 key, clear at the upper right of the keyboard. It's marked with the eject symbol.
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You can also open the tray by holding down the trackpad button during startup.
If it's like the 12-inch model, the eject button is the F12 key, clear at the upper right of the keyboard. It's marked with the eject symbol.
(Click on image to enlarge.)
You can also open the tray by holding down the trackpad button during startup.
Thanks Ronda
She located the eject button at the upper right, but can't open the tray.
I should have phrased my post "how to insert a cd".
Mark
Hello,
You can open the tray manually by using a very small pin. On the left side of the tray you will find a pin hole.
Poke the hole with a pin and the tray will come out.
Best of luck
Thanks Knucklesmac!
For future reference, I use either a straightened paper clip (Apple's own suggestion) or a darning needle as a way to open the tray-loading drive in an emergency. A straight pin is a trifle small; it would be easy to miss your mark and wind up with the pin somewhere where it is not supposed to be.
(You can't open the tray with the eject button unless the iBook is turned on.)
Thanks again Ronda!
If there is no CD in the tray, is the button on the right side? And then it manually pops out?
She was simply attempting to insert a CD and I could not recall how.
Mark
Whether or not there is a disc in the tray doesn't matter. The tray should pop open when you push the eject key as long as the iBook is powered on. Pressing Command + e works in some versions of the OS, too.
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