12'' powerbook g4 optical drive problem?

Question

Hi

i would appreciate some help ,
my problem is that i have a powerbook g4 12'' al,
and the optical drive works fine but it won't eject the disc inside
, it makes a lot of noise but that's all
i don't know what to do or try

thanks

Answer 1

The drive doesn't eject discs:

1. the drive ejects discs slowly or appears to be struggling, insert and eject a disc several times.

2. If the drive does not eject discs, press the F12 key or, on original PowerBook G4 computers, the manual eject button located on the side of the slot. Holding down the trackpad button during startup should also eject a disc.

3. Reset the parameter RAM (PRAM) and/or the Power Manager (PMU).

PMU reset instructions for iBook G4/PowerBook G4:

PowerBook G4 (12-inch)
PowerBook G4 (12-inch DVI)
PowerBook G4 (12-inch 1.33GHz)
PowerBook G4 (12-inch 1.5GHz)
PowerBook G4 (15-inch FW 800)
PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.5/1.33GHz)
PowerBook G4 (17-inch)
PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.33GHz)
PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.5GHz)

If the computer is on, turn it off.

Reset the power manager by simultaneously pressing and then releasing Shift-Control-Option-Power on the keyboard.

Do not press the fn (Function) key while using this combination of keystrokes.

Wait 5 seconds.

Press the Power button to restart the computer.