DVD stuck in Mac book Pro. Cannot reboot!

[cueball8008]

Hi,

I have a DVD stuck in my macbook pro. I have tried the options listed on this forum and others:

1) Power on with track pad pressed -> nothing
2) Bent credit card to grab and pull out dic -> no joy
3) Power on and wait....... -> no joy after 1 hour+
4) Gentle shaking at 45 degrees

When I power on with track pad button pressed the dvd drives makes a noise, as if starting up. Then all goes quiet. If I continue to hold the power on light will flash a few times before returing to constantly on, but rather dim.

It's so frustrating as I am in the process of looking for a new job and all my applications, cv, letters, etc are on my macbook.

Can anyone help diagnoise this problem or suggest a solution?
Is my macbook dead?
Can I open it up and eject the disc physically from under the covers?

Any advice gratefully recieved.

Regards...

 

[Hellhammer]

Have you seen these two guides?

http://guides.macrumors.com/Force_Eject_a_Stuck_CD_or_DVD
http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_doesn't_boot

 

[cueball8008]

Have you seen these two guides?

http://guides.macrumors.com/Force_Eject_a_Stuck_CD_or_DVD
http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_doesn't_boot

Hi Hellhammer,

I had seen the first, but the machine will not boot so cannot follw any of the guidelines. The second post has this:

"Black screen: This is usually a sign of a failed logic board. There is no single reason for this and this may be caused by failed GPU, screen, CPU or RAM. "

I have a black screen. I can hear fans. And the DVD makes a noise when first powered up. But nothing beyond a black screen.

Frustrating!!!!

 

[melman101]

Hi Hellhammer,

I had seen the first, but the machine will not boot so cannot follw any of the guidelines. The second post has this:

"Black screen: This is usually a sign of a failed logic board. There is no single reason for this and this may be caused by failed GPU, screen, CPU or RAM. "

I have a black screen. I can hear fans. And the DVD makes a noise when first powered up. But nothing beyond a black screen.

Frustrating!!!!

Sounds like it's time to bring it to the Apple Store.

 

[cueball8008]

Sounds like it's time to bring it to the Apple Store.

I recon so Melman...... Lucky to have a local store in town so will head down and see what they say.

Regards