Dvd tray opens rarely

Sometimes it requires 40-50 tries for the eject button to open the dvd tray.
Any advice please?
True also when using software activators.
Is there a mechanical way to make this open?
Or some fix?
Thanks

Based on your description, it is more likely that you have a hardware issue. Booting from another system was just to rule out a software problem.
I do not know of a +manual button+ and even if there was one, it would be disabled during normal operation because Mac OS X does not want you to eject a disc that is still mounted.
If you press the mouse button and hold it down during initial startup, the drive tray is supposed to open. So if that works, I guess you could open and close the drive tray during startup, although that would be really inconvenient.
Optical drives of the type that Power Macs use are not that expensive to replace yourself.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Pioneer/DVR116DBK/

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