iMac G3 Slot Drive Problem

Kazaryster · Post by **Kazaryster** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:02 pm

Okay i just put in a new hardrive so there is no mac os on the hard drive so i start it up for the first time but ohh no theres a disc in there and i cant get it ive tried everything that apple says and none of them work so i need to know if its safe to throw some tweezers in there and yank the disc out

its a g3 imac slot loading

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:05 pm

Try holding the mouse button down while you start it up. (That worked back in ye olden days to make the 800k floppy drives eject.)

Or, unplug the hard drive and turn it on again. It should try booting from the CD, and may eject it when it finds no System Folder.

I wouldn't recommend using tweezers.

1. The disc drive's probably clamped down on the disc.
2. Tweezers won't get enough grip on the CD, so they'll slip and gouge it up.
3. You might ruin the drive.

This might help if you haven't seen it yet:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jsp ... &tstart=15

You're sure there's a disc in there?

EDIT: Try this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2179?viewlocale=en_US

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:58 pm

Just throwing it out there, I have a tray loading drive from a g3. Just in case your drive is screwed up.

thehackerinside · Post by **thehackerinside** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:54 pm

There should be a hole (paperclip sized) just under the bit where you put the disk in, all the imac G3s I've seen have this hole. (even the tray loading theres one either side of the eject button, can't remember which side)

FYI Sticking tweezers into the drive won't do it any good, it will ruin the disk and your drive.

Hope this helps you!

Joe

P.s Just remembered that this happened to my friends imac (G3, 400 DV I think) when I was installing something no matter what I done the disk wouldn't come out but stuck a paperclip into the little hole and hey-presto it came out.

drjayphd · Post by **drjayphd** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:36 am

Yep, happened to me while looking at a slot-loading iMac in Goodwill. Had to BUY the damn thing.

But yeah, there's a paperclip-sized hole inside the slot, off to one side. That'll eject it.

Kazaryster · Post by **Kazaryster** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:57 pm

the button wont work on or off i guess ill just have to buy a new cd drive ohh wait will a dvd drive work in it that would be much more convenient

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