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Re: Why won't my Mac eject the disk?!

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From: Robert N. Berlinger
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1986 14:42
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In article <1059@husc2.UUCP>, chou@husc2.UUCP (chou) writes:
> 
> Problem is this:  with most disks, if I try to eject, the drive sounds like
> it's making a lot of effort to get it out, and the disk sort of slowly oozes
> out of the unit.  With some disks, ejecting results in the disk getting 
> caught halfway out.  The only way to get it out is to fiddle with a paper
> clip and pull the protruding part of the disk at the same time.

You're problem sounds to me like it is indeed a housing alignment problem.
I've installed a few upgrades myself and you have to fiddle with the drive
until it sits just right in relation to the Mac's cover -- otherwise you
get the problems that you are having or worse (the disks won't eject at all,
and pop themselves back in).

It's not too hard to do this yourself if you have some technical experience.
(You'll need a long torx #10 driver and a #0 phillips).  If not, take
it back to the people that installed the upgrade.
-- 
Robert N. Berlinger
Systems Analyst, Scientific Computing Center		Compuserve: 73047,741
Albert Einstein College of Medicine			Easylink:   62956067
UUCP: ...{philabs,cucard,pegasus,rocky2}!aecom!naftoli	GEnie:	    R.Berlinger
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From: naftoli@aecom.UUCP (Robert N. Berlinger)
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Subject: Re: Why won't my Mac eject the disk?!
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Date: Wed, 10-Dec-86 09:42:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 10 09:42:30 1986
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Summary: probably alignment problem