Stuck CD in drive: is there a solution other than upside-down?
It seems that everytime someone has a CD stuck in their DVD drive, the solution is to hold the computer upside-down, press F12, or something similarly "agricultural"... When it happened to me the firtst time, I was in such a panic that when, eventually, it spit it out, I was too thankful to question the fact that, surely, it is NOT normal to have to go through this upside-down-press F12 (and pray) procedure to simply eject a CD.
Is there another solution to stuck CDs? For example:
- Return Computer to Apple for servicing? What would they do to it anyway? It seems that it's not just my own DVD drive that happens to be faulty. Rather, it seems much more common as a problem, which might point out to some inherent fault with the DVD drive. In other words, I cannot imagine Apple servicing being able to repair it, and replacing it would not yield necessarilly better results.
- Replace the DVD drive with a third-party option, at my cost? I almost wouldn't mind that because I just want piece of mind, but it's just not right, is it? Why should I have to pay for it? It never said in the advertising blurb that:
"Here you have the new MacBook Pro, featuring a DVD drive that works (Please note: we kinda didn't really sort out the eject thang...sorry. But PLEASE...buy it nevertheless!)"
The short of it is that I expected a working DVD drive, and Apple failed to deliver a reliable one, generally, it seems. I want another solution than turning my computer upside-down and F12. Any suggestions?...
Thanks
Ant
May I suggest the radical idea that you have Apple repair the drive?
As for others having the problem, what difference does that make to you? Get yours fixed and be on your way.
If Apple sees many units returned for a similar repair, they'll diagnose the problem and rectify it at the factory.
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