How to force a CD drive to eject?

[Michael Shaw]

My friend's DVD drive has got a DVD stuck in it. I'm thinking the motor may be dead, but I live 40km away from him, so I'm hoping someone has some suggestions which I can tell him over the phone. There used to be some kind of windows prompt to get the CD drive to eject, does anyone know what that is? Or any way to get the drive open really... It's in a laptop, stick a screwdriver in there and force the mofo open?

 

[BarneyGumble]

The drive should have a small hole in it somewhere near the eject button. that is made to stick something like a paper clip into to force it to eject mechanically. Just staighten a paper clip and push it into the tiny hole and it should pop out.

 

[FlatLine84]

If that doesn't work, I've found that removing the drive, and shooting it with .357sig work quite well....


Jking, the paper clip will work.