Disc jammed in mac

[imaginaryjenn89]

My brother was using my computer to listen to a new CD he bought, and when he put it into the drive, it didn't load the whole way. A bit of the CD was still sticking out, so he pushed it in thinking it hadn't loaded. The computer never even recognized that there was a disc, so he couldn't eject it.
I've done the thing where you restart and hold the mouse button a thousand times, and it makes noises like it's trying to get the disk out then just gives up.
I don't know what else to do and I don't live anywhere near an apple store that I could take it to. Any suggestions?

It's a macbook pro, 17"> I read somewhere about emergency eject holes, but can't seem to find one.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[gusapple]

Sounds like you need to go to an Apple Store.

 

[paleck]

Have you taken a look at the Macrumors Guide on Force Ejecting a Stuck CD?

 

[e12a]

There are no emergency eject holes in a Macbook pro, 15 or 17. If none of the solutions in that article works, you'll have to bring it into the AppleStore or service provider.

 

[4now]

I just wanted to write if you're desperate
but take caution

happened to a friend with his MBP
he mentioned something about sticking a piece of cardboard or paper into the slot
he found this advice in a google search

might want to search for this method

 

[Bobbi Flekman]

Really softly wiggle the dis and see if the thing shakes loose. Though it is an iMac I sometimes have that on my computer. The disc is not completely flat or something, it will go in and I can use it the way I wanted to, but when I press Eject it only come out halfway. Softly jiggling the disc will get it completely loose and I can get it out. But remember.... The keyword is softly, you don't wanna mess up the drive itself.

 

[GAS]

Get a post note, stick it in the drive making sure the sticking part gets onto the disc, then gently pull the post it note out which will now have the disk attached. Job done.

 

[Eraserhead]

Before sticking stuff inside your computer follow the guide Force Ejecting a Stuck Disk as pointed out by paleck as you don't risk damaging it that way .

 

[john robson]

Disc Jamm

Reply: Try holding down "C" whilst starting up from "Shut Down" (works on my iMac).

;5[/B]205570]My brother was using my computer to listen to a new CD he bought, and when he put it into the drive, it didn't load the whole way. A bit of the CD was still sticking out, so he pushed it in thinking it hadn't loaded. The computer never even recognized that there was a disc, so he couldn't eject it.
I've done the thing where you restart and hold the mouse button a thousand times, and it makes noises like it's trying to get the disk out then just gives up.
I don't know what else to do and I don't live anywhere near an apple store that I could take it to. Any suggestions?

It's a macbook pro, 17"> I read somewhere about emergency eject holes, but can't seem to find one.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[motoracer1486]

Reply: Try holding down "C" whilst starting up from "Shut Down" (works on my iMac).

Better to offer help 3 years later than never I guess...

 

[seong]

This happened to me once when I was still a computer newb, lol. What I did was, which was stupid but worked anyways, got a forcep that I used to have for science class, held on to the CD (I could see a tiny portion of it,) and pull it out. I repeated this for about 5 to 10 times, and I could eventually use my fingers to pull it out. However, I have no idea if that damaged the ODD, because I've never used it since.