Cd doesn't mount and won't eject

I have an iMac G4 intel core 2 duo, less than a year old. I placed a cd in the drive and it never mounted to the desktop. Now I can not get the cd out. I've tried the eject key on usb keyboard, holding down the mouse on start up, holding down the C key on start up, tried opening iTunes to see if it would let me eject--nothing has worked.
Please any suggestions.

I have the identical model and have had a somewhat similar problem. Never had a CD not "mount". I assume by this that the disk is not being recognized by your computer and not showing up on your screen as available. I have, however, had the sticking when trying to eject.
I've solved that by clicking on the CD (don't know how you are going to do that, but open Finder and see what shows up) going to Finder, File, and then Eject. That worked when hitting the eject button wouldn't do a thing and I thought I'd be on the phone with Apple Care for a few hours. Good luck!

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