Mac Mini wont eject a disc

My Mac Mini has taken a DVD and wont play or eject it. I have used the Keyboard Eject button, F12, the Eject button on my Mac Mini's dvd program and I dragged the Disc icon to the trash. Nothing has made this disc eject from my Mac Mini. When I tried to restart my Mac Mini while holding the mouse button down the computer Froze and now will freeze when ever I try to Shut it down. Anyone ever had this problem or know how to get it out? It is a standard CD.
Thanks In Advance!

After looking into it I found the answer. Unplug everything while the Mini is off. Plug the power cord in wait 15 sec. then plug in the key board. push the power button then hold the mouse button down. this worked for me.

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