Disable keyboard eject button?

For goodness' sake, this thing drives me crazy. I sometimes leave CDs in my drive, just cause I don't feel like/remember to take them out. Then, when I least expect it, I accidentally bump the eject button, either in passing, or by overshooting the "backspace" delete button (I have long fingers). All of a sudden, I hear a whirring, and have to lift my laptop off my lap so that the imminently ejecting disc doesn't bind against my pants during its premature departure. Really disrupts my train of thought/workflow (I'm a coder), since it doesn't happen often enough to become accustomed to it.
I just want to turn this button off, or (preferably) make it so that it works, but I have to hold it down for a few seconds. Please? Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

some of us would be happy to have a CD eject!!
Fair enough.

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[SOLVED] Disable optical drive eject button

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AP

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Ralph Landry1 wrote:
Works for me every time without failure.
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