How to eject a DVD from Power Mac G5 CD/DVD drive?

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How to eject a DVD from Power Mac G5 CD/DVD drive?

I already know the trick about holding down the mouse button while the computer starts up, and whatever is in the CD/DVD drive will eject. But that does not work in this case, because my computer will no longer startup. No startup chime. The power light comes on, and that is it. It is possible that the DVD in the drive may be causing the problem, because I can hear the computer checking the drive at startup, and then the startup sequence stops. Besides I need to get the DVD back to the movie rental place.

My old PC had a small hole that you could insert a paperclip in to force a CD/DVD drive to eject, even with power off. I don't see that on this computer (Power Mac G5 [late 2005]).

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Posted on Jul 6, 2014 8:04 AM

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Answer 1

Dunestrider Author

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Jul 6, 2014 11:25 AM in response to Allan Jones

As my post reads, the computer no longer starts up. Not even the startup chime. So Safe Boot, Verbose Boot, any type of boot will not work.

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BDAqua

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Jul 6, 2014 12:09 PM in response to Dunestrider

Slide the door down with your fingers, look for a tiny hole you can push a straightened out paper clip onto to push & eject the Disc.

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Allan Jones

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Jul 6, 2014 10:51 AM in response to Dunestrider

Have you tried a Safe Boot? Press and hold SHIFT during boot; keep holding until you see a message taht you are in Safe Mode or y uget a usable desktop.

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Mar 17, 2015 11:08 AM in response to Dunestrider

Did you find a solution to your problem? I have the exact same problem right now with a macbook. Thank you.

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BDAqua

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Mar 17, 2015 11:42 AM in response to Dalford5000

Hello,

See if iTunes can eject it.

A Dozen ways to eject a CD/DVD...

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

Might try this...

>On your main hard drive, dig down into System > Library > CoreServices > Menu Extras. Inside that window, double-click on the icon called Eject.menu.

http://www.creativetechs.com/tips/quicktips_51.html

And one more way I'd not heard of...

The old iMac didn't have a disk inside, but the mechanism was "frozen" for some reason. I took a long strip of plastic and ran in and out of the superdrive slot; eventually, the drive made that familiar mechanical the usually occurs after ejection.

Can't eject disk - with a twist!

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