CD Drive Door does not open after Super Drive Install

Yesterday, I installed a Pioneer DVR-109 8X DVD-R/RW Super Drive in my Power Mac G4 450 AGP Graphics. Everything seemed to fit back together just fine, but now I cannot open the drive door by pressing the button. I have to manually pull the door down and insert a paper clip to open the drive and insert a CD. Is there something I missed when putting the thing back together?
Power Mac G4 450 Sawtooth   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Carolyn, welcome to Apple Discussions.
I had the same problem when I replaced the Apple CD/DVD drive on my G4 AGP with a drive that had write capabilities. The problem seemed to be a slight difference in the drive's front mounting dimensions. The plastic lever on the front bezel would not depress the button on the drive far enough. To fix the problem, I cut a slim section from a rubber eraser, & using masking tape, positioned the rubber spacer over the drives button. Now it works perfectly. You may have to experiment with how thick the rubber is.
 Cheers, Tom

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