Yes, I've already googled, and no, none of it's worked.

I was on a bus, trying to burn a cd in Windows Media Player. It erred out half-way through, and thought it was done burning. So I tried to eject, considering the disc is probably foo at this point. Nothing. The drive now takes about a minute to decide that there is nothing in it, meaning it takes about a minute each time I open My Computer, WMP, anything that uses the drive. The drive cannot eject. I'm nearly positive it doesn't even spin.

I've rebooted holding the mouse button and the eject button, I've rebooted into OSX and tried there, and I've fiddled around with the credit-card trick. I've tilted it, I've left it on and then tried it. I've left it off and then tried it. The drive seems dead, except that both OS's seem to realize that it's there. The only temporary fix I've got has been to disable the drive in Device Manager so I can at least operate normally sans drive.

I'm pretty sure I have a decent warranty, but I'm a student without transportation, meaning I'll have to wait until March if I want to take it to an Apple Store, and I'm not particularly interested in 1. giving up or 2. being without my computer for extended periods.

Note: everyone else on google gets to hear that wonderful whine that the drive usually makes when it ejects, or tries to, meaning that it's just the rollers failing to catch on the disc (or they're retarded and used a mini disc). I, however, receive complete silence.

Ideas? Anyone?

Methinks you need to take it to the apple store and get the drive replaced.

turn macbook off, power up with eject button held down.

edit

ok, didn't see in your post where you said you did that. if you are still under warranty/applecare i'd let them screw with it.

Ooh, double post. Nice. See below.

I don't know much about macs, but can you get to the insides of it? If you open it up, you might be able to pop the cd drive physically out. From there, you might be able to find a manual eject (like what WINDOWS CD TRAYS HAVE LULZ MAX SUK)

That's the only idea I have that sounds like you haven't tried, though. :/ Keep us updated.

Also: There's an Apple Store in Rochester (well, Victor), about 30 minutes /12 miles away: 262 Eastview Mall, Victor, NY 14564.

Erm, "windows cd trays" are you kidding me?

Mac drives dont have that small pinhole used for manually ejecting a cd/dvd?

nope, no drive tray, no "hardware" eject button.

You can probably just jam a flathead micro driver in there, and pry on the lip on the outside of the tray. Once you get it far enough out, pull it the rest of the way out with your fingers.

Unless this slot loads, then you're screwed. And you had better hope the delivery system didn't bind and grind into your CD.

Yeah, it's a slot load, Rob.

Mega owned.

Yes. hence the "lulz" afterwards.

But also no in a way, I was sort-of referencing the slot-loaded CD trays, versus tray loaded.

Vibrations from the bus probably didn't help out this situation at all

Use something small to pry it open?
The drive is probably fubared by now.

Down with slot loads!

Yes, it's a slot load.
No, it has no paperclip manual eject.
If I open my Macbook I'm sure it will void my warranty.
Looks like I'm ****ed until March. Thanks though, guys.

I asked my brother, an avid mac enthusiast, about this one. There are a few more options. First, have you tried to boot into the Open Firmware prompt? You can do this by holding Command+Option+O+F during startup. Once you get to the command line prompt, type the words "eject cd" just like that (without quotation marks) and hit enter. If this doesnt work, then chances are your drive is screwed.


If your warranty wasnt still good, your other options are to take it apart and take the CD loader apart to get the disk out. But you have on other option still, and that is to send it to the nearest Apple store to be repaired. I suggest backing everything up before this, but so long as you are under warranty, it is free. If you notify them you are going to send it, they will (as far as i know) send you a box to properly package and send the computer to them for repairs. Again if you choose this i suggest backing your stuff up first. It usually doesn't take long for the repairs to be completed so, its your next best option to waiting until March

thats all i got...

you might want to try

I want a pair of pneumatic shears but I don't know why

You want hydraulic shears. (Those are hydraulic)

**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** cant you at least read other posts before you talk **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

How would they know? Are there stickers anywhere that tear when you open it?

It's certainly safer to just get it repaired by Apple, assuming they don't **** you over, but I wouldn't be so scared of opening it up.

No, I want pneumatic shears.

no open firmware on intel macs they use efi now

ahh, didnt know they did that. My macs are PPC...

Looking at that tho, wouldn't EFI be similar to open firmware? Is there a way to get to a EFI prompt and do the same thing?

I still maintain that even if this wouldn't be possible, your best bet besides waiting until March is to send your lappy to apple.

nope, there's no more stuffs like that. no need to. to eject a stuck cd with efi, you just hold eject while booting and it does the same thing. but he tried that already.

Doesn't strike me as working nearly as well, otherwise it would be the standard. Not the other way around.

they're smaller

I fail to see how this could affect you until march unless you mean you won't be anywhere near an apple store until then. CD Removal is a same day process. The drive likely isn't hosed, but the CD has likely popped off the center hub and has lodged itself in because of the vibrations on the bus. All they end up doing is removing the drive from the mac and then opening the top cover to remove the CD.

I just looked over the scope of work on GSX (the Apple Certified Hardware Technician site) and it's an in-store job which means that anybody at the genius bar could get it out for you in an hour or so.

Edit: I just read your "student with no transportation" part. Couldn't you take the bus to the local mall with an apple store?

Yeah, don't you have any friends? Maybe one has a car?

I get this a fair bit in the shop, best thing to do is get a stiff bit of card like a business card, maybe two of them, and slide them into the drive as you are hitting the eject button on the laptop, do it so that the CD drive is facing down on the ground, poke it around when the mechanism starts and the disc should go over the top of the cards.

Try that it normally works, but im sure if you phone Apple up they will come and collect via Courier if you explain you have no transport etc.

Apple doesn't have an in home repair service?

No Apple will only come out for desktops not laptops.

Thats pretty retarded.