Ibook g4 eject cd manually

Turn the power on with the power button and hold Command-Option-O-F: this will boot you into open firmware. Type eject cd and hope the DVD ejects. Type mac-boot. There's no physical way of forcing an eject if that doesn't don't work.  · Most slot loading optical drives should still have a manual eject function, even if hidden. Apple published this for its iMacs. Something similar might work on iBooks/www.doorway.ru Interaction Count:  · G4 iBook DVD stuck in drive. I foolishly had Staples install a new hard drive in my iBook, and since that time, I have had trouble with my DVD drive, notably that I can't insert a disc as something seems to be blocking the drive. It spins up fine and works to read the CD they stuck in, but I can't make it eject. They tried booting with the.

Turn the power on with the power button and hold Command-Option-O-F: this will boot you into open firmware. Type eject cd and hope the DVD ejects. Type mac-boot. There's no physical way of forcing an eject if that doesn't don't work. This is a last resort way of ejecting a stuck disk in a powerbook g4 aluminum. Before this you should try ejecting through disk utility, holding the mouse bu. on machines with an eject button, you can hold down the eject button on startup to eject any disc. the iBooks only had a "manual eject hole" on the earliest models. [ Reply to This | # ].

Restart holding the mouse button. Use the eject key. Launch Disk Utility, choose the disc and Eject. Launch Terminal and at the prompt type ". I've tried booting two different discs, and also a disc. I've also tried an external cd reader. Any way to force this to come up with a boot menu? Quit any applications currently using the disc. Then hold down the "Eject" key or press "F12" to eject the disc. 3. Click the Apple menu.