How to open dvd drive on mac pro

Well turns out it's not the drive door of the Mac Pro. I ran the machine with the DVD pulled out and it's the drive itself which struggles to open. If I use a paperclip to open it the first step, it'll eject from there on, and also close properly.

But it seems like the DVD drive lost the ability to 'unlock' itself to allow the tray to come out. I opened up the DVD but I could not find any obvious mechanical defects. Either way it seems like the drive should either be repaired or replaced. Anyone know what could be wrong inside of the drive itself to prevent it from unlocking the tray? Clint Johnson. Sounds like the friction mechanism that moves the drive tray is wearing out.

My guess is to replace the optical drive. Select a Language: Help Translate iFixit. Back Answers Index. Alexander Ljungberg Rep: I can open the door by hand from the inside and it doesn't seem to be stuck. I tried moving the DVD drive from the top to the bottom slot but the problem remains. View the answer I have this problem too Subscribed to new answers.

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None of these options worked for me, the only thing that saved me was going into Disk Utility and unmounting the dvd first and then ejecting it through Disk Utility. Thank You Thank You!!!!! For anyone who tried everything to no end, I found what works EVERY TIME for me now is to hold the macbook at a 45 degree angle while spamming the terminal eject command as fast as possible by using the up arrow key and enter, then eventually the edge of the disc will pop out but be quick and grab it because it will go back in.

I have been trying for three hours to get this disk out. I could hear it trying to eject, but it would never come out. As soon as I turned it over and ejected, it popped right out! Thank you so much!

Tried almost all of them without any luck until Then, it worked and the CD came out. Thanks so much. I independently came upon 9 on my own; using the force of gravity along with the defective ejection motor worked and the disk did pop out for removal. That was so easy. Used the OS X and it worked, no sweat. Love YOU. The Force Eject tool software was easy to download and effectively removed the CD!!!

Carefully slid card stock corner with tape in drive so that it was on top of the disc and pushed the eject key. Real smooth… Powered up Mac Book Pro and held finger on mouse— disc came right out. Thank you!!!! Thanks so much for this thread, because of you and the collaborative effort of comments I got my installation CD back: The mouse button held down on boot up worked for me. I tried many of these options to no avail; however, I eventually flipped my Macbook upside down and simultaneously pressed the eject button and presto…out it popped!!!!

Maybe it was a combination of the attempts? Just happy to finally have the disc ejected! Thanks — I tried several different things but eventually the disc drive ejected the DVD on its own. The computer had to be up and running for about five minutes before it took the action on its own. I was just getting ready to try the tilt method…. It worked! Half a Hallmark card in the slot with the disk, turn it off, wait a minute, turn back on and the disk automatically ejects without a command to do so!

Muchas gracias con todos! Thanks man! Inspired by 3 , I just inserted credit card into the slot and moved it for a while inside. Thanks for this. I just tipped it forward, as suggested, and it slid out. Might have saved a timewasting trip to the Mac Shop. Saved me true hell Raymond.

Mad Respect. Thanks for all the tips for future referance. I got mine out by pressing the F12 key while booting. Thank you I used costa caffee reward card: You have to stick it pretty deep though. It worked Thank you!!!!! Saved my day. Thank you thank you thank you for saving my night! Thank you so much!! I tried to do the duo thing of both mac and windows, and while doing windows it got stuck and i could not stop it from constantly trying to setup windows….

Suggestion 4 worked just as described above. I turned on my Macbook and let the DVD spin for about 10 minutes. After that, the disc automatically ejected and the OS booted normally. Thanks for saving me a trip to the repair shop Raymond! I inserted it into the slot and squeezed the upper and lower surfaces together by hand when it was most of the way in, grabbing the mini disc from above and below and pinching it between the two surfaces. After about three quick tries I pulled the CD right out. Inserting cardboard while holding down eject popped the DVD right out. Thanks again for your help!

This worked.. Thank YOU!!!!!!! Thanks you so much. I was about to cry, its my dads laptop, if I had broken it man I would have been busted. So thanks. I tried for over 2 hours to eject a disc and after reading this I restarted computer and held down touch pad. Thank you so much, prob saved me hundreds in unneeded repairs! Hey, I took it to the apple store and the guy got it out in literally 60 seconds. What the guy did is he took two business cards made of cardboard, not plastic and put one on the upper brim of the cd slot and one on the lower. He did it about twice gently and bam, cd was out.

Good thing I scrolled down to read enough comments to reach yours, because the other methods do NOT work for those of us with a metal casing that is bent down over the drive!

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Thanks for saving me a trip to Apple store! It seems like many found this useful. Thank you, holding the track pad worked for me! I tried everything and finally that worked! I was so close to throwing it out the window and having an even bigger problem! The tilting one work a charm for me. I used an index card and followed your instructions. CD came out and it booted right up after that!

Thanks so much!! I just saved my self a hundred dollars!! You are a God send!! I used one of my kids flash cards and tried what you said to do and it worked! Thanks for the help. Restarting the computer while holding down the eject button finally got mine to come out! Wow, I was freaking out. Disc stuck but my MBP booted fine, no issue there. The master had a label printed with a printer very thick i suspect that as culprit.

No genius bar visit for me!!! THAT worked, after many other unsuccessful attempts. Anything worked with mine to eject the dvd and I had to TURN the macbook pro OFF not just restarting it and then press the touchpad button and the button eject at the same time. Thank you for your recommendations. They were really helpful. Vielen Dank. Thank you so much for your advice. I looked all over the help systems and discussions and nothing worked. By holding the track bar down and simultaneously putting an envelope in the hard drive to stop the disk from spinning it ejected ending a 6 hour ordeal.

We had the exact problem that you described which was that it kept trying to boot from the CD. Now we get to fix a corrupt kernel, but at least we have a fighting chance. So thank you. Very practical advice. Your post really saved me money ,while helping me resolve a month long problem. Be blessed thanks again for your kindness in sharing your knowledge with me a perfect stranger. I was attempting to burn a disc on iTunes. So, after reading through a few forums I shut down my computer, waited a few seconds and turned it back on. As soon as I hit the power button I held down the track pad key but my macbook started making horrible noises so I let go and decided to press the eject key.

Once my computer was fully booted up I took a thin piece of cardboard and stuck it gently in the slot and pressed eject… out pops the disc. I hope this helps someone who had the same issue. I did it! It worked, I jammed cardboard paper, and it took a few times but it worked in the end, thanks for the help! The cardboard I used cover of a glossy paper back book worked very well! I also combined that trick with the 45degree angle thing.. I tried all of the eject buttons and forced eject key method, and this was the only thing that worked!

I was starting to get really worried, till i found this page and all your tips! I turned off the macbook, then held down the eject button and turned the power back on. I finally got the damn disk out! It was stopping the CD from going in or going out. I know this really sounds like a true hardware issue, but once we physically moved the piece out of the way by gently sliding a card underneath it and moving it toward the screen the CD came right out…. I tried most of the suggestions except the cardboard… where do you stick the cardboard…. This page solved it! Keyboard perpendicular to the table.

Pressed the eject button. Thank you so much for the advice! Just held down the trackpad on the new aluminium mb relieved now, and people with the bootcamp problem hold down ctrl and choose macintosh. Thank you guys for the help, Clicking the trackpad on startup ejected my windows disk which hung up in there in an unsuccessful attempt at using bootcamp.

Thanks a million!!! I had this exact problem the other day. The way i did was shut down the macbook. This was an extensive explanation and it helped me get out the nasty DVD through the card method , thanks man. Just wanted to chime in that this worked for me! I have an Intel based Macbook. Usually if I take a q-tip moistened with a little running alcohol and run it along the opening it will help. Also, I generally do have to tip my laptop on its side to let gravity do its job. Every time I would hit the eject button, the image would flash like it was going to eject then….

No noises, even. The disk was no longer even spinning, there was just no response at all. Anyway, I turned it off, let it sit for about a minute and turned it back on — pressing the trackpad button the entire time. It tried to eject after about 45 seconds, but was sucked back in. Once OS X was starting to load, I tried just hitting the eject button with laptop on its side and the stupid thing finally spit out.

Oh yeah, my computer was on for at least min. Kinda took a while!! Thank you so much for different ideas. I was also in same problem that my cd was stuck in my mac book. Finally it came out. Friends it is worth to read all. The battery cardboard trick worked!

Thank you!!! Thanks so much for the advice. However, the major ingredient some sort of long chain alcohol along with the polymers in solution caused a film on the disk and enabled my computer to read the disk. I just stuck a piece of cardboard in the disk drive and waited for the disk to stop rotating and then repeatedly pressed the ejection button on the keyboard. Finally a box appeared on my screen that asked which task I want to perform and I selected to eject. It worked like magic! The cardboard trick worked for me too, except I used a visiting card.

Also, my problem was more complicated as my Keyboard and Trackpad are non-functional.

I selected the dvd drive on the right hand panel and the Utility showed an eject button on the top panel. And that worked! Thanks for the cardboard trick. Looking at the front of my MacBook Pro I saw that the upper part of the case was a little bent downwards which prevented the DVD from ejecting. Problem is that the case has to be repaired replaced? This worked for me!!! I still had a problem but, I went with another persons advice and stuck a card in the slot so the disk would not turn thus not being read.

After a few times of doing this and also holding down the eject key another window popped up in iTunes asked if I wanted to eject disc. I clicked yes and Walla disc was ejected. What a nightmare this has been. Thanks to Dani for the help… Howard. Thank you so much. Got a CD stuck just now and your method saved me getting even more annoyed with myself and even more tears, so thank you. I have the Aluminum MacBook.

I forgot to eject the disc after finishing some software installing that required a restart. It would only read from the disc. Clicking down on the track pad during boot worked for me. Victoria and Monica if you two visit this site again to see our comments well hey you two sound cute! This info really helped thank you so much. As a Mac tech, all good and useful ideas. Open a terminal window and use Disk Recorder Util:. The 45 degree angle worked like a charm. Eventually got it out by turning on computer, tilting it and pressing eject. Bingo it worked. Thank you for saving my weekend.

Kudos to you!!! Holy crap, that worked. Thanks for the tips. I tried all of your methods several times, then after i put a thick card in and tilted it and pushed eject, took out the card-out popped the CD- Many thanks. First, quit all applications that are using files on the disc. Then try one of these alternate methods:. If your drive has an emergency eject hole, put the computer to sleep and insert a large, straightened paper clip in the small emergency eject hole of the drive the location varies, depending on the drive.

Push firmly until the disc ejects. Use Open Firmware to eject the disc if all other methods fail this may not work on all computers.

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To use this method, you have to start up and briefly use the computer using Open Firmware, not the standard Mac OS X desktop. To eject a disc using Open Firmware: Restart the computer. When you hear the startup sound, press and hold the Command-Option-O-F keys. The Command key has an Apple on it.

Press Return, then wait a few seconds. My leopard CD was stuck inside and all it did was install the software upgrade. I cannot boot. Many thanks from a switcher. CS 5 days ago. Kim 4 months ago. Emily And Papa 5 months ago. Paul 6 months ago. Ravay Snow-Renner 6 months ago. Gale 8 months ago. Yurid 8 months ago. Lady Heinz 10 months ago. Jennette 1 year ago. Karen 1 year ago. Pete Sommer 1 year ago. Bruce Nelson 1 year ago. Jill 1 year ago.

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