Superdrive won't eject from CD-Eject button on keypad...

but it will from the menu eject icon. I've replaced the keyboard with a brand new (Apple) keyboard. Same thing.
Okay...further investigation has yielded an additional complication...the whole top row on the keypad is not functioning. Mute, Volume up/down and eject have quit. The problem is I'm not certain when this happened so I cannot tell you if it is software related.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
TIA
G5 PowerMac D2.0GHz PPC Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Another superdrive question. When using Eject key or
dragging disk icon to trash, the disk unmounts but is
not ejected. If I then use DiskUtility, and try to
eject the disk, I receive a 'Disk in Use' error.
Rebooting does not help. I have consistent success
by booting holding down the Control-OPtion-F-O keys
and typing 'eject cd' then booting the mac, but who
wants to do this often? The eject problem happens
perhaps 30% of the time, but once it starts I have
to resort to the modified bootup to correct.
Suggestions?
Do you have the "Energy Saver" System Preferences set to allow the drives to sleep? Some optical drive will not wake up to eject. OSX can do the dismount but the drive won't do anything.

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What needs to be done is just to follow-up on Apple's "fix" effort, but one better. The small rubber pad just needs to be "boosted" by placing another small rubber/foam pad (the same thickness), on top of the existing one (or a double thickness pad if your unit has no small rubber pad in the first place).
I hope the following photos are self-explaining as to what has to be done to "fix" the Apple Superdrive "ejecting" issue. I immediately noticed I had practically no more "eject" issues after having performed this single "fix" … but yes, I still have that rear occasion to have to turn the drive upside down to eject a stubborn disc … but this is very very rear for me after the "fix".
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1. Before opening the bottom plate, protect it from scratching …. open with a thin dinner knife or putty blade.
2. This is what the bottom plate looks like, taken off, Note where the metal clips are located
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4. This is a close-up of what the bottom plate clips look like. They are metal and pretty strong.
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