Power Mac G5 - Cd tray opens at startup

Not a major problem I know, but whenever I restart the mac, the CD tray automatically ejects and stays open.
Anyone know how to fix this problme????

Apart from the mouse button being stuck down...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2708893&#2708893
there is some discussion of tray opening, and links, here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2643727#2643727

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