Core refusing to eject cd

[TimOopNorth]

Argh. Have followed advice in here to turn off a disconnect - twice - and it is still refusing to eject a cd, on which it did not start the ripping process. Any idea how to force it to work?

[Gazza]

There is a small pin hole……you need to press really hard with a paper clip and it will eventually eject.

[TimOopNorth]

Erm there want actually a cd in that would explain it.

Idiot (me)

[Gazza]

I am sure by the end of the day i will do something even more stupid, i just won’t fess up😂

[S.C]

Brilliant…!
Is almost as bad as my panic the other day when I thought my Statement had been nicked from the house….then, after a while, I remembered I didn’t have one….!

SC

[Canaryfan]

Thank heavens that you don’t have Statement system or something similar…

[davidhendon]

Just in case it’s ever helpful to someone reading this thread, you have to push really hard several times, as it’s a mechanical ejection, not triggering an electrical one as you would expect.

[Gazza]

Yes, almost to the point of thinking you might break it😬

[davidhendon]

Interestingly, when we were beta testing Core firmware a couple of years ago I had to do a manual eject and Will told me that I should take the power off first (“for safety reasons”). I didn’t mention that I had just done it with the power on!