HELP - CD won't open on an iBook

[Zaid]

The cd drive on my ibook refuses to open when i press the eject key. the eject symbol comes up on screen, and any cd/dvd in the drive ummounts but the actual drive won't open.

If i manually eject the drive (by putting a pin into the eject hole) it opens up no problem. So I don't think its a hardware problem (or is it?)

Anyone had this problem before, any suggestions?

Thanks guys

 

[realityisterror]

have you tried booting up the computer with the mouse button held down? if that doesn't help, i think you have a hardward issue

reality

 

[Zaid]

Originally posted by realityisterror
have you tried booting up the computer with the mouse button held down? if that doesn't help, i think you have a hardward issue

reality

Not sure what was suppossed to happen when booting with the mouse button held down, it looked like a normal boot.

The CD still won't eject.

Also i forgot to add that when trying to ejct the CD when there is a disc mounted, the system makes this beep sound

 

[ryme4reson]

If you restart the computer with the mouse button held down from the beginning, then the CD media should eject. If it doesnt, then its most likely a hardware problem.