T61 won't undock from docking station

After a year of not using my mini-dock port replicator/docking station, I tried docking my T61 onto the station. Now it won't release. The eject button goes down part way but it won't release. After prying as much as I could, the right lock would release but the left lock won't budge. Also, it sits on the station and it can 'wiggle' a bit more than my co-workers' T61's when docked. Is it possible to take apart the dock to release it and can it be put back together to work properly? Any other advice please to get the T61 undocked? Thanks.

So after trying some more I think I found the trick. Some post suggested I roll back Turbo Memory drivers and that made it so I could not get to the desktop aka bricked)
So reinstalled OS (W7) and when updating (through Thinkvantage Update) I 'unchecked' the update for the fingerprint reader (I read that that fixed it somewhere).
Now it is sleeping!
If you haven't tried this then you should. I thought it was hopeless!
Good Luck!
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T61 7662CTO 2.2ghz 2gb tiny7

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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754084.aspx
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