dvd won't eject from cube

[jschwell]

i recently tried to change out the read only optical drive on my cube to a combo drive i got from other world computing. i couldn't unplug the ata ribbon connector so after wiggling and tugging at it i put the whole thing back together. it booted up fine and works great except a dvd i put in the drive will not eject. i tried booting into the open firmware and typing in some commands that were suggested on another forum but i keep getting the message "can't operate the eject mechanism" or something like that. apparently this is a common problem with cubes as they don't have a mechanical eject button. is there a trick i haven't tried? if i completely remove the old drive by unscrewing the connector board (since i can't get the ribbon connector off) is there any way to get the dvd out of the drive without damaging either?
thanks for your help, jschwell

 

[icemanjc]

I'm pretty sure you've already tried the eject button right when it's starting up, but if you didn't try it, definitely try it. But the CD Rom drive has always been a major problem with the G4 cube, thats the reason why I don't use mine anymore.