cd drive won't eject

[MICMAN888]

Hope someone can shed some light please with this problem.
recently my cd drive has been operating quite erratic , it seems to work problem free most times then quite recently it has started acting up, not burning properly , not reading media-data and now it has a blank Cd and it won't eject.
I don't want to switch it off as it would boot from the disc drive and then i would be really stuck.so if anyone can HELP i would most appreciate it
many thanx in advance     

[Comp Guy]

If the CD is blank it won't boot from it.

[patio]

The emergency method to open a CD/DVD drive is to straighten out a paper clip...
Then look for a small hole in the front of the drive and insert the clip there and press...
This woeks with or without power,

[Comp Guy]

The emergency method to open a CD/DVD drive is to straighten out a paper clip...
Then look for a small hole in the front of the drive and insert the clip there and press...
This woeks with or without power,

Heh, I just had to do this earlier today, with the laptop CD/DVD ROM drive out of the computer no less! I had to get mine replaced so Dell sent me a new one, and anways, after replacing it I realized I had forgotten to check for CD! And sure enough, there was one in there.

[Flip81]

note:  this trick never fails to impress. 

[ale52]

That's the only "MAC" toll I carry.   

Alan <><