CD stuck in iMac drive

[captainparanoid]

I have a cd stuck in the slot drive of my intel 20 inch imac. I have tried all the other advice on this forum, card/screwdriver in the drive while powering up and left clicking mouse but it will not budge. I do not feel confident enough to take the imac apart (no suction cups for screen either) and I am trying to avoid paying an engineer to get it out. Any others ideas?

Thanks

 

[Dreadnought]

Hold the eject button on the keyboard when starting up. It usually works.

As you have an old imac, do you see a small hole next to cd drive? If so, get a stong paperclip, unfold it and push it in, this will manually eject the cd from the drive. It takes quite a lot of force/pushing. Good luck!

 

[captainparanoid]

cd stuck

Hey thanks for the swift reply. It tries to eject but even when i tip it on its side it just wont spit it out. I have had this problem a few times before and always managed to use a knife to work the cd loose but not this time.

Is the eject hole at the top or bottom of the imac drive?

 

[Dreadnought]

Recent macs don't have the little hole anymore. As you have an older model, you might have it. It should be next/underneath the cd drive.

Also, have you searched at the apple support forums? There are about 8 (i believe) ways to get a stuck cd out the drive.

Again, hold the eject button on the keyboard all the way through startup. The drive makes noise and nothing happens. Keep holding the eject, after a while it should eject.

 

[captainparanoid]

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After all my extensive and exhaustive efforts I powered up my mac and the cd just popped out ! The imac was obviously just messing with my head

Thanks for your time in replying