CD drive problwm with iMac...

I was recently given a bondi blue iMac from someone I work with, and so I hooked it up the other day and decided to use it to load music. So burned a CD on my G5 from my iTunes playlist, then put the cd in the iMac so I could load the songs into iTunes 2.0. Well, I think the iMac isn't reading the disc properly because it froze the computer, and the disc keeps struggling. And now I cannot eject it. I tried restarting the computer, and as soon as the desktop shows up, the same thing happens. It freezes and the cd won't eject. Is there a way to force eject a cd in that case? What should I do here?
Thank you
PowerMac G5, iMac Bondi Blue   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

This should do the trick. If not, follow the link at the bottom of the article:
51008- iMac: If You Can't Eject a CD or DVD, or Open the Drive Tray

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