Horrible mistake-mini cd stuck in slot drive

Unfortunately I was unaware that mini discs are NOT to be loaded into slot drives prior to doing this. Now it is stuck and won't eject. Is there anything I can do? Please help!

Hold it with the slot facing down. Gently shake the computer to get the disc into the slot. You can use a 3x5 card (or other heavy stock) to help guide it. When you can see it, grasp it with needle nose pliers or tweezers.
John

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Welcome to Apple Discussions, TrishEB.
1. Have you tried restarting the PowerBook and then keep the trackpad button pressed?
2. Alternatively, you can try restarting and then keep the following keys pressed: apple-alt-O-F
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3. Another option is to use a pair of precision tweezers and very gently use it to try and grab the edge of the CD so that you can pull it out. There may be a chance that the CD has not gone too far into the drive, thus enabling you to reach it with the tweezers.
4. If you are feeling even more adventurous, and none of the above work, you might consider using a very thin strip of card/paper with a little piece of double-sided tape on one side.
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CD stuck in slot drive - help!

Hi,
My husband had an unfortunate tea / Macbook interface a couple of weeks ago. He's cleaned the keys and whatever, and all is working well. I loaded a CD into the slot drive last night. It was a bit 'stiff', but then accepted the CD ok. The only problem is it now won't eject. The disk is mounted and shows in iTunes, it makes the usual ejecting noises, but the CD isn't actually moving at all. I'm guessing that some of that nice, sugary tea has made its way in there and is making the whole thing sticky, but how can I overcome this?
Yours hopefully ,
Julie

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Thanks for replying, xnav.
Unfortunately I have tried these with no luck. The disk does not show up in disk utility, it's like it doesn't even exist, yet it remains there in the drive making it impossible to insert any disk.
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I'm looking forward to get my new iMac soon. But I have loads of old mini CDs with 80mm diameter, and would like to know if they will work with the slot drive on iMac.
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Found the following at Apple Support:
"Warning: Inserting a nonstandard-sized or -shaped disc into a drive that is not designed to accommodate it may damage the drive. Some slot-loading drives may be able to accomodate 80 mm round discs, but their use is not supported and any damage caused will not be covered under your Apple warranty or applicable extended service contract."
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I insert it into the mac, but the OS cannot load the disc and the disc cannot be ejected even i pressed the "eject" button.

This happened to a family members macbookpro. A mini-cd inserted, couldn't be mounted or ejected by the drive.
I cut a rectangle from a cereal box about two inches wide and 6 inches long. Abour an inch and half from one end in the middle I cut a notch and bent it down a little.
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I then inserted it slowly into the drive notch down and slowly pulled out. I did this few times and caught the mimi-cd and removed it. The drive has worked flawlessly for several years
A few days after this happened I was in BestBuy and an Apple rep was there displaying new Apple products. I asked him about it and he said they have a tool that ***** it out.

Horrible mistake-mini cd stuck in slot drive

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