Disk wont eject and does not appear on dtop or in finder.

Put in a music (bought) cd and does not appear on desktop or in finder. Also cannot eject. Tried just about all I know apart from emergency eject. Would do that too but can' figure where the emergency eject hole is (if any) on the iMac G5 (power pc) 2005.
Anyone help pls.
iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Lemon

Hey there, couple of things here.
After checking out the forum I contacted Apple Care where they insisted that the optical drive needed to be replaced.
Apple store tells me that the "disk spit" prob has been recognised for a long time and they were repairing/replacing the optical drive. To no avail. They say it is usually due to the felt wearing and so not hanging onto the disks properly.
Have had the felt replaced (not covered by APP - handy for them).
As for the CD issue, I have also had the same problems.
Although last time I had these probs with disks not mounting, not ejecting and generally going into the twilight zone, it WAS a software issue.
The machine needed to be seriously repaired.
Zeroed infact.
Major drag.
Still, this iMac may look pretty, but will go for a power mac next time round.
Have had to buy an external HD coz this one keeps going belly up.
iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   Lemon

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