Mac PRO Desktop blank DVD will not eject keeps freezing. "LION"

Hi, my Mac pro will not eject the blank disc i inserted into the drive, I am running lion and it keeps trying to read the disc and makes everything freeze.
you cannot reset or shut down the machine properly unless you hold down the power button.
is their a Physical emergancy eject on the mac pro desktop or a way to get the diwc out?
Yes I have tried ejecting uning terminal and disk utility will not open becouse of the DVD drive.

You have added too much junk:
com.senstic.driver.PocketAudioDevice          1.1
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver          1.0.0
com.digidesign.iokit.DigiIO          7.4.1d0
com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal          7.4.1d0
com.avid.driver.Avid_SCSI          1.2.0
com.SiliconImage.driver.Si3132          1.2.5
If you want Apple to address your problems, the first requirement is to reproduce the problem with no third-party kernel extensions present.
Most users find that when the eliminate the third-party kernel extensions, they eliminate the kernel panics.
The black screens could also be caused by your graphics card beginning to go.

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