Earlier Mac Minis seem to have a fairly high rate of drive failures. As soon as you press the eject button try tilting the mini forward so the slot faces downwards and at the same time smack the back of te Mini with the palm of your hand. I suspect the drive will need to be replaced.
Frank From: Hank Smith [mailto:hanksmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:53 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: urgent urgent help getting a cd that is jammed in my mac mini!!! verry urgent no this mac isn't under warinty though I got this system used ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie Doremus <mailto:giantdolp...@gmail.com> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:08 AM Subject: Re: urgent urgent help getting a cd that is jammed in my mac mini!!! verry urgent Did Apple say they would charge you & if so how. Much? Aloha, Charlie On Nov 22, 2009, at 9:56 PM, "Hank Smith" <hanksmi...@gmail.com> wrote: I am located in tucson arizona I am unable to pay fore them to remove the disk though ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie Doremus <mailto:giantdolp...@gmail.com> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:55 AM Subject: Re: urgent urgent help getting a cd that is jammed in my mac mini!!! verry urgent Sounds like your drive is, as you say, have you asked your local store's genius bar folks to look @ it? Where are you located? Aloha, Charlie On Nov 22, 2009, at 9:38 PM, "Hank Smith" <hanksmi...@gmail.com> wrote: no this was a mini I got used off of some one the cd drive isn't bringing the disk to a spot where I can grab it it acts like it isn't bringing it to the slot meaning it doesn't even hit the slot to even grab it I have a feeling my drive is shot hopefully I didn't scratch my disk ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie Doremus <mailto:giantdolp...@gmail.com> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:35 AM Subject: Re: urgent urgent help getting a cd that is jammed in my mac mini!!! verry urgent Try holding the power & eject buttons @ the same time & see if that does the trick. Never heard of Apple charging to eject a cd is the mini under warrenty? Aloha, Charlie On Nov 22, 2009, at 9:16 PM, "Hank Smith" <hanksmi...@gmail.com> wrote: hello I have a cd that is jamed in my drive when I eject it wants to spit it out it can't so it sucks it back in it also can't get it to the point where I can get at the disk itself I tried putting a tool in there from my computer case it has 2 middle tongs to try to grab the disk but I can't get at it felt the cd spinning but no go I also don't have the funds to take it in to a mac store to have them remove the disk as soon as the disk drive sees it can't spit the disk it sucks it write back in. help guys other wise I won't have a mac. I hate these damn slot loading drives fore this verry reason. please folks give me a hand this is urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent Hank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. 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