my dad got me a old i-book (teal) and i-mac (pink) to use for video editing. but it had no software or os. so i thought it might run and xp or linux. but when i inserted the xp disc it did nothing so i went to push the eject button to find out... what eject button?
it turns out i need the os on it to get the disc out but the drive wont give it back! is there any other way to eject the disc without shaking it monitor-down or is my disc lost forever?
2007-01-18 10:37:20 · 7 answers · asked by Mecha Maniac 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
no go. there is no emergency eject hole. plus i've tried that push on the disk trick several times.
2007-01-18 10:48:24 · update #1
the i-book is fine. its the i-mac im talking about.
2007-01-18 11:00:09 · update #2
Look. Its a self-loading (self-loathing) i-mac! NO TRAY.
2007-01-18 14:59:56 · update #3
nevermind. i took off the cover, (the whole bottom!) and found out there is a tiny pin button in the far right of the tray behind the cloth drive cover. my disc is safe now and the mac still works! Thanks for trying
2007-01-18 15:28:56 · update #4
If the paperclip doesn't work you have a problem. The CDs on those old imacs failed a lot. They were some of the worst hardware ever built. You can't find replacement CD drives for those things for a reasonable price. If the eject motor is bad, like it is in about 70% of them, the only thing you can do is to carefully rip that sucker apart and recover the CD.
2007-01-18 12:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First off, don't mix and match PC with Apple components and OS software, you will not like the results. Ordinarily, any CD can be dragged and dropped on the Trash to eject. If you cannot see the Apple desktop, with the power on, see if there is a small pinhole in the CD drive- this may mean taking off a cover or unscrewing the chassis. Use a thin paperclip to eject the CD tray manually, gently slide the CD- tray closed when you have retrieved your disk.
Use Apple for Apple and leave the multiple OSs to emulators which you will find are much more forgiving.
Good luck
2007-01-18 11:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by RHJ Cortez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL
http://www.apple.com/support/imac/
2007-01-18 11:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by Elbert 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you for sure an old ibook will not run xp....it has to do with the archiectecture of the motorolla chip in how it recieves instructions from the operating system. windows was simply not compatible
I honestly have no idea about linux
as for your stuck disc?
a lot of the forums have older archives dealing with this issue. go to google and type ibook slot drive force eject
here's the first that poped up
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-102835.html
2007-01-18 10:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is the retail/boxed version of XP then, definite, with boot camp or parallels you may set up it on your Mac. in spite of if it is a fix disk (like what you will get w/Dell laptops) then regrettably no, you may't use it. merely yet another occasion of Microsoft's motive to regulate all components of your pc utilization in spite of the reality that it makes the shoppers' lives harder. playstation - -congratulations on getting a Mac!! i want a sparkling one (I easily have a 1G G4 and it remains snappy whilst in comparison with the plenty greater contemporary a million.66G Dell computer i take advantage of at paintings)
2016-12-16 07:49:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there should be a tiny hole somewhere around the disk drive. Try sticking something skinny like a paper clip in it and it should force it open. you may have to apply a lot of pressure.
2007-01-18 10:45:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all drivers have a little hole in the face,use a paper clip and push in and the drive will open.
2007-01-18 10:52:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋