It wont spit out my disc

recently i tried to burn something from idvd to a blank disc, i put the blank disc in and it asked me what i want to do. I clicked ignore.
So i clicked the burn button on idvd and the disc wasnt the right one or something.
I press the eject button on my keyboard, click the help menu and do everything it says on that. I also try rip it out with tweezers. Still no luck!
Is there any way to do this without taking it down to get fixed? i have tried through dvd player etc and still no help.
Please, help i need this disc burnt quickly as someone is waiting to give me money for it!

Hey J92,
Try restarting with the mouse button pressed.
Then:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58465
then:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58566
Does it try to eject the disk? Hear whirring noises?
Yes -
If so I just retrieved a CD from my son's iMac that was trying to eject but wouldn't. I cut a tool from a plastic lid like from a salad assortment. I cut a long rectangle, the short length being like 1/2 the width of the slot, folded it over and curved the open end slightly so it opened like a pair of lips. Inserted that end into the iMac slot, ejected the disk and it came out slick as you please. The problem is that that slot gets misaligned and the disk bumps into the edge so that tool guides it out the slot.
Otherwise if that doesn't work you could take the bottom off and as a last resore you could take the iMac apart and open up the drive.
eMail me if you need instructions.
Richard

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