Can't eject DVD

I inserted a DVD game into the superdrive of my iMac G5. Nothing happened. It didn't load and the eject button doesn't work. I followed advice found in other discussions but nothing is working. I went to Apple "Help" on my computer and followed the directions of restarting holding the command-option and 'O' and 'F' keys down. When prompted, I typed "eject cd" and it said "can't open eject device."
Any other ideas? The nearest repair shop is quite a distance and I'm trying to exhaust all other options first.
Thanks for any help.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Never mind - After about two hours of trying all sorts of solutions. I simply restarted and held down the "C" key. This somehow forced the DVD to load and I was able to eject it. Problem solved.

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