Laptop wont eject cd/dvd

I just bought my g4-2149se from wal-mart and It wont eject my cd with the botton, nor when i go to the drive and select eject. It gives me an error message. Any help? or should I just take it back to wal-mart?

I guess if you just bought it, I would take it back but look for a small hold in the front of the DVD that you can stick a paper clip sized wire into. That is made so you can manually eject a DVD. Because the problem is not just getting a DVD out and doesn't really respond. I think you should return it.
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hi Tristan,
Welcome to the Forums.
AFAIK, when you press the eject button, it sends a signal to the logic board, and the logic board sends a function to the eject machanism to release the tray. From your observation, it's likely that there's a mechanical or other physical failure inside the ODD that's preventing the tray to eject.
The Lenovo Eject Utility on the other hand is design for Thinkpads (haven't tested this on Ideapads units) and its function is the same when you right click on the DVD Icon and chooe Eject.
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I recommend you contact lenovo and report your findings as you may likely need to send the unit for service.
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DVD stuck in drive and wont eject

There was a thread I read earlier with a similar problem only their solution was of no avail to me. Any other possible solutions. My dvd drive worked fine but now is all of a sudden not wanting to eject the dvd.
I tried holding the button on the track pad.
I tried holding down the mouse button.
What happens is that the DVD will try to eject but wont come out of the drive and ends up going back in on its own.

As well, I would also note that many disc drives have tiny hole in them that if you stick a pin or bent paperclip in, will manually open the drive.
Push with some force, but don't overdo it since it doesn't take much to manually eject the tray. If they tray opens you should then be able to open drive slowly to get the disc out.
You may want to try this while the machine is off as well so that no software gets confused about what is going on and tries to open/close the drive.

DVD wont eject please help

I put a dvd into the dvd drive that i burned from TiVo. I've used other dvds burned from TiVo in this drive that have worked perfectly, but for some reason this dvd wont eject, and when i try to open the idvd application it gives me a message that says, "There was an initialization error a valid dvd drive could not be found. [-70012]" it is very frustrating and i just want to get it out of my computer because i can't use any cds or dvds. I've already tried restarting the computer while holding down the track pad button and restarting while holding down C. Does anyone have any other advice?

Monica, first welcome to the discussions,
Restart your computer, and hold down your trackpad to click continue to hold it down and it should eject, if not go to the very upper right key on your keyboard and press it, it is another method to eject.
Tell us if this works for you. Don

I think someone put a dvd backwards in to my disk drive on my hp touchsmart iq816, it wont eject

i think Someone put the dvd in backwards on my computer and, now i cant get the computer to eject it. or it just dose not want to eject I push the botton and its trying to cause i hear noise but it wont eject and i cant play the movie neither it saids please enter disk, its almost like my computer cant read the disk I have a hp iq816 touchsmart pc. someone please help me !! would really appreciate it!!!

Even if someone put the disk in backwards and clipped it in, it should still eject. If it isn't, do you see a little hole (about the size of a pencil point) next to the eject button? If you do, just use a paperclip and insert into the hole. This should eject the disk.

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There are several things you can try:
1. Press COMMAND-E.
2. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the mouse button.
3. Restart the computer and simply wait. The disc may be ejected automatically.
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My macbook wont eject dvd disk. help!!

Is there another way to eject the dvd or do I have to pay a shop for repairs?

Does the CD/DVD start to come out and then gets sucked back in and reappears on the desktop? I had that happen with a MacBook. It turned out that the metal case behind the plastic cover above the slot was slightly bent down. When the CD tried to eject it would hit the metal and get pulled back in. Putting a flat blade screwdriver in the slot and gently twisting it to move the metal case up allowed it to eject. Don't put it in too far you only want to bend the case not the drive.
The case can get bent down by picking it up with your thumb pressing down on the case above the slot.

CD/DVD's Wont Eject

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I have a powerbook here that will not eject CD/DVD's. I am not posting this to find out how to get the CDs out - I know how to do that. I want to know if there is a way to fix the problem altogether so that it doesn't happen again. When I push the eject button on the keyboard, nothing happens and when I drag the CD from the desktop over the trash/eject icon, it gives me the message similar to "CD in use; cannot eject". Help please.

I assume you have tried restarting the computer. If after you restart and still get a "disc in use" error try holding down the mouse button while the computer boots up. Be sure you press the mouse right as you hear the boot chime and do not let go until the disc ejects. Also you need to have the original Apple Mouse/Mighty Mouse to make it work.
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Macbook wont eject disc

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i just got my macbook today, black bto 1gb ram, 120gb hdd. the first disc i put in was microsoft office to install. the problem is the disc wont eject. ive tried using the eject button on the keyboard, dragging the disc to the trash bin, rebooting holding down the mouse button the whole time. every time the disc attempts to eject but doesnt and revs up again, loading the disc so it shows up mounted on the desktop again. any help greatly appreciated, applecare is closed right now and my apple store genius bars are full for the night.
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This same situation happened to me with my new MacBook. I got a Family Guy DVD stuck in the drive. The first time it happened I figured it was a fluke. I banged it around a little bit and it came out. I thought everything would be fine. Man, was I wrong. The second time the DVD remained stuck. It would not come out. The computer would try to eject it with no success.
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I hope my new MacBook doesn’t have the same problem. If it does I’m just going to get a PC and I HATE PC’s. But they are cheaper.
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I want to eject a dvd that's stuck in my macbook and i read i had to press the option button and the control button - what are these? And of course any other ideas are warmly welcomed!

Had the same problem with my MacBook earlier this evening.
There are two options:
Turn on you MacBook and leave on a table, powered via plug for 10 to 15 mins, the MacBook will stop trying to boot from the CD and eject.
This option didn't seem to work although I may have not waited long enough.
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Disc wont eject - still booting though

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i have a disc that wont eject. its a region 1 dvd and my player is region 2, i don;t want to change the region as its the last time i can do this so i clicked cancel and tried to eject. it makes the eject noise, then the sucking back in noise. then dvd player starts up again and it asks me to change region, i click cancel and the loop starts over.
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1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
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2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. If none of the above work try this: Open the Terminal application in
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Cd wont eject

CD wont eject from computer...Tried restarting 3 times, clicking the eject button, and dragging to trashcan. STILL WON'T WORK! Please help ASAP

if none of the below methods, you will need to take it in for repair
Force eject a stuck cd/dvd
First try the normal methods to remove the disc. Drag its icon to the Trash can in the Dock or select 'Eject' from the File menu.
If you are running a virtual machine, e.g. VMFusion, ensure that the CD is disconnected from the virtual machine. This will sometimes allow the CD to now show up in Mac OS X.
Shut down the computer and start up whilst holding down the mouse button. This may take some time, but keep your finger on the mouse button right up until the disc comes out or the log-in screen has appeared.
If you have Toast Titanium installed on your computer, choose EJECT DISC from the menubar.
Sometimes you can successfully use the eject disc button in iTunes even if the disc is not visible to the Finder
Open Disc utility and choose the disc you wish to eject in the left-hand pane, then click on the Eject button.
Some Macintoshes have a paperclip hole that you can insert a straightened paperclip into, manually triggering the eject mechanism.
Open Terminal and type "drutil tray eject" to eject the disc/tray, and "drutil tray close" to close the tray.
If your computer has an eject button on the keyboard, restart the computer holding down the Option key. When the startup disk selection screen appears, let go of the option key and press the keyboard's eject button.
Source: http://guides.macrumors.com/Force_Eject_a_Stuck_CD_or_DVD

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