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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board 12 " Power Book & jammed CD Patrick Hamilton, Photographer Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Posted: 5:19 AM on 03.15.05 ->> Hello All...I've just had a CD get jammed -lodged in the Super Drive of my 12"Powerbook .Have tried to reboot,take batteries out & reboot again,but CD is firmly lodged. I know it may sound like a basic question but it's got me beat & looks like a trip to retailer in the AM.... all help greatly recieved salante Patrick  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Steven E. Frischling, Photographer, Photo Editor New England | | USA | Posted: 7:38 AM on 03.15.05 ->> Patrick If the PowerBook is making a "recycle" sound as it tries to eject, gently tap the underside of the PowerBook, directly under the CD unit, with your knuckle and the CD should eject. I was taught this by the good folks at Apple's Genius Bar after my 70lbs+ dog jumped on my 12" PowerBook and bent the frame of the PowerBook (jammimg my CD unit)  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions George Bridges, Photographer, Photo Editor Washington | DC | USA | Posted: 8:44 AM on 03.15.05 ->> You can also try holding down the mouse key on restart. This forces the commputer to try to eject any disk in the drive as it boots up.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jim Colburn, Photographer Omaha | NE | USA | Posted: 1:45 PM on 03.15.05 ->> You can also try booting up your Mac in terminal mode when connected to another Mac via firewire (hold down the "T" key when starting up. Your Mac should show up as a hard drive icon on the other Mac. Navigate to your desktop folder (in Users) and try dragging the CD to the trash from there. There's also a way do do something deeper using Terminal and Unix but I can't find the mag that had it. On my 15Gb iPod I keep a copy of OSX and the barebones software I'd need to do my job (Photo Mechanic, Photoshop w/o all the silly plug-ins, Transmit, etc.) in case my Powerbooks's HD craps out. I can boot from the iPod, erase all the music and work. The whole operating system and barebones software takes up around 1.5 Gb on the iPod.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: 12 " Power Book & jammed CD Thread Started By: Patrick Hamilton Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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