Hello all,

I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
g4 mac when the mac froze. After waiting a while, I pressed the
little reset button, It restarted, (slowly) but no icons came up on
the screen, although the mouse pointer could move freely. So I turned
it off.

So is there a key I can hold down during start up to eject the disk?
Any advice would be great, as 'my' g4 isn't actually mine - I just use
it for 8 hours at work everyday... So I really need some ideas before
monday!

Thanks,
Mhari

The esteemed Mhari <unexpectedart********.com> observed:
>Hello all,
>
>I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
>g4 mac when the mac froze. After waiting a while, I pressed the
>little reset button, It restarted, (slowly) but no icons came up on
>the screen, although the mouse pointer could move freely. So I turned
>it off.
>
>So is there a key I can hold down during start up to eject the disk?
>Any advice would be great, as 'my' g4 isn't actually mine - I just use
>it for 8 hours at work everyday... So I really need some ideas before
>monday!

Try:
comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage

This newsgroup is comp.publish.prepress.

Or do a google for "DVD+Eject+freeze+Mac".

Best wishes,
--
Derek Tree

in article af861149.0402262355.69fafdb1@posting.google.com, Mhari at
unexpectedart********.com wrote on 2/26/04 11:55 PM:

> Hello all,
>
> I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
> g4 mac when the mac froze. After waiting a while, I pressed the
> little reset button, It restarted, (slowly) but no icons came up on
> the screen, although the mouse pointer could move freely. So I turned
> it off.
>
> So is there a key I can hold down during start up to eject the disk?
> Any advice would be great, as 'my' g4 isn't actually mine - I just use
> it for 8 hours at work everyday... So I really need some ideas before
> monday!
>
> Thanks,
> Mhari
__
Try clicking - and holding down the mouse
during restart.

MSD

Mhari wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
>g4 mac when the mac froze. After waiting a while, I pressed the
>little reset button, It restarted, (slowly) but no icons came up on
>the screen, although the mouse pointer could move freely. So I turned
>it off.
>
>So is there a key I can hold down during start up to eject the disk?
>Any advice would be great, as 'my' g4 isn't actually mine - I just use
>it for 8 hours at work everyday... So I really need some ideas before
>monday!
>
>Thanks,
>Mhari
>
>
Flip down the false front panel infront of the DVD drawer - you will see
the front of the actual DVD player (with volume control, headphone jack
etc.). As on ALL macs there is a small circular hole near the drawer -
about the size of a straightened paper clip. Insert said paperclip into
the hole and push gently - the drawer will unlock and manually open. You
should then be able to insert the Mac OS software CD and reboot while
holding down the C key.

Jim

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 2:55:56 -0500, Mhari wrote
(in message <af861149.0402262355.69fafdb1@posting.google.com>) :

> Hello all,
>
> I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
> g4 mac when the mac froze. After waiting a while, I pressed the
> little reset button, It restarted, (slowly) but no icons came up on
> the screen, although the mouse pointer could move freely. So I turned
> it off.
>
> So is there a key I can hold down during start up to eject the disk?
> Any advice would be great, as 'my' g4 isn't actually mine - I just use
> it for 8 hours at work everyday... So I really need some ideas before
> monday!
>
> Thanks,
> Mhari

You can also open up the door to the drive and use a straightned paper clip
in the little hole and pop open the tray.

--
Buzz

life is too short to drink bad wine!

> >Hello all,
> >
> >I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
> >g4 mac when the mac froze. After waiting a while, I pressed the
> >little reset button, It restarted, (slowly) but no icons came up on
> >the screen, although the mouse pointer could move freely. So I turned
> >it off.
> >
> >So is there a key I can hold down during start up to eject the disk?
> >Any advice would be great, as 'my' g4 isn't actually mine - I just use
> >it for 8 hours at work everyday... So I really need some ideas before
> >monday!
>
> Try:
> comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
> comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
>
> This newsgroup is comp.publish.prepress.
>
> Or do a google for "DVD+Eject+freeze+Mac".
>
What did you have some bad beer today? The question is ok to ask here.

Ted

Jim Webb <jayaruu@netscape.net> writes:
>
> Flip down the false front panel infront of the DVD drawer - you will
> see the front of the actual DVD player (with volume control,
> headphone jack etc.). As on ALL macs there is a small circular hole
> near the drawer - about the size of a straightened paper
> clip. Insert said paperclip into the hole and push gently - the
> drawer will unlock and manually open.

As a last resort anyway. Try booting with the mouse button or the
keyboard-eject button held down first. This should cause the
firmware to eject the media before the boot sequence stats.

> You should then be able to insert the Mac OS software CD and reboot
> while holding down the C key.

Assuming you want to reinstall the system software afterwards.

-- David

David C. wrote:

>Jim Webb <jayaruu@netscape.net> writes:
>
>
>>You should then be able to insert the Mac OS software CD and reboot
>>while holding down the C key.
>>
>>
>
>Assuming you want to reinstall the system software afterwards.
>
>-- David
>
>
The Mac OS software CD has the disk verify and repair utilities, and
these only work if you boot from the CD.

Just because you booted from the CD doesn't mean you have to reinstall
the system software! Just like you have to boot from the Norton
Utilities CD if you want to run disk doctor.

Jim

After you are booted up on the CD you will have to go to the menu bar
and pick utilities,do the repair then when you restart you need to hold
down the option key, highlight your Hard drive then click on return.

Jim Webb wrote:
> David C. wrote:
>
>> Jim Webb <jayaruu@netscape.net> writes:
>>
>>
>>> You should then be able to insert the Mac OS software CD and reboot
>>> while holding down the C key.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Assuming you want to reinstall the system software afterwards.
>>
>> -- David
>>
>>
> The Mac OS software CD has the disk verify and repair utilities, and
> these only work if you boot from the CD.
>
> Just because you booted from the CD doesn't mean you have to reinstall
> the system software! Just like you have to boot from the Norton
> Utilities CD if you want to run disk doctor.
>
> Jim
>

--
http://homepage.mac.com/mkatzman/

Mhari <unexpectedart********.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
> g4 mac when the mac froze. After waiting a while, I pressed the
> little reset button, It restarted, (slowly) but no icons came up on
> the screen, although the mouse pointer could move freely. So I turned
> it off.
>
> So is there a key I can hold down during start up to eject the disk?
> Any advice would be great, as 'my' g4 isn't actually mine - I just use
> it for 8 hours at work everyday... So I really need some ideas before
> monday!

If holding down the mouse button during restart doesn't work -- as
happens all too frequently -- you will need to boot into Open Firmware
and type in an "eject cd" command. More detailed instructions are
available at <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106752>.

After ejecting the disc, your next move is to attempt repair of the
startup volume using the DiskWarrior CD.

Everyone, thank you so much for your help! Guess what? It restarted
all by itself on monday. If only every problem worked itself out so
easily..

Mhari


> > I'd appreciate any advice on this one - I was testing out a dvd in my
> > g4 mac when the mac froze.

Jim Webb <jayaruu@netscape.net> writes:
>
> The Mac OS software CD has the disk verify and repair utilities, and
> these only work if you boot from the CD.

Or from any drive other than the one you want to repair. Zip
disks. extra hard drive partitions, ipods, and other devices also
work just fine. Some utilities (like Tech Tool) even include a
facility for booting from a disk image on your main hard drive
partition for doing this.

But it's all irrelevant to the OP's question.

Why do you think he would have to repair the hard drive because one
optical disc doesn't seem to want to eject?

-- David

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 16:09:18 GMT, shamino@techie.com (David C.) wrote:

>Why do you think he would have to repair the hard drive because one
>optical disc doesn't seem to want to eject?

The guy at the Apple Store said my optical-drive problem could be a
corrupt HD... until I told him I'd used TechTool to zero the drive.