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Most computers, PC or Mac, have a manual eject process. &nbsp;It uses a mechanical method to eject a disk and can found by physically searching the CD drive. &nbsp;It'll be a little hole by itself, not an exhaust vent or something of that sort. &nbsp;You'll need a paperclip or pin to push through the tiny hole, probably something fairly stout.
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Most computers, PC or Mac, have a manual eject process.  It uses a mechanical method to eject a disk and can found by physically searching the CD drive.  It'll be a little hole by itself, not an exhaust vent or something of that sort.  You'll need a paperclip or pin to push through the tiny hole, probably something fairly stout.

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Holding the eject button down on &nbsp;keyboard down during boot worked.
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Holding the eject button down on  keyboard down during boot worked.

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My customer has an iMac G5 (not sure if Power PC or intel chip). &nbsp;It does not boot so maybe bad HW or corrupt OS. To find out I insert OS X 10.4 CD that came with it and startup holding D key down. This start Apple Hardware Test (AHT) which will tells me if bad HW and what kind of HW is bad.<br />
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My question is how do I eject 10.4 CD as system can not boot so I cannot simply drag CD icon on desktop to trash. ie. I need to use just keyboard and mouse to do it I think. Please reply with 1 or 2 things to try.
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My customer has an iMac G5 (not sure if Power PC or intel chip).  It does not boot so maybe bad HW or corrupt OS. To find out I insert OS X 10.4 CD that came with it and startup holding D key down. This start Apple Hardware Test (AHT) which will tells me if bad HW and what kind of HW is bad.

My question is how do I eject 10.4 CD as system can not boot so I cannot simply drag CD icon on desktop to trash. ie. I need to use just keyboard and mouse to do it I think. Please reply with 1 or 2 things to try.

How to eject CD on non-booting iMac

All of Apple's hardware is produced solely by Apple Inc., who determines internal systems, designs, and prices. Apple buys certain components wholesale from third-party manufacturers. The current Mac product family uses Intel x86-64 processors. All Mac models ship with at least 1 GB RAM as standard. Current Mac computers use ATI Radeon or nVidia GeForce graphics cards and include a dual-function DVD and CD burner, called the SuperDrive. Current Apple hardware includes the iPad, iPhone, iMac, Mac Pro, Macbook, iPod and Apple TV. Discontinued hardware includes the Apple I, Apple II, and the Apple III, the Lisa, the Newton, the Quadra, Performa, Centris, Macintosh II and LC series, the Power Macintosh, iBooks and the MacBook.

Apple Hardware

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