Well, that is weird but you can try a few things before having to open up your imac. the first is to do the obvious ones click on the eject button next to your disc or right click and select eject. If not, restart your computer while holding down the "D" key or the trackpad button. The last resort would be to restart your computer while holding command key, this will send you to the screen where you can choose between osx or windows if you are using boot camp, in that screen you should be able to see the cd and then you can try and eject it with the eject button.

If none of these work call apple support and they can tell you what you can do. Is it a normal cd or a weird shape (not round) or one of those small cd's?

[quote|hartke]Well, that is weird but you can try a few things before having to open up your imac. the first is to do the obvious ones click on the eject button next to your disc or right click and select eject. If not, restart your computer while holding down the "D" key or the trackpad button. The last resort would be to restart your computer while holding command key, this will send you to the screen where you can choose between osx or windows if you are using boot camp, in that screen you should be able to see the cd and then you can try and eject it with the eject button. If none of these work call apple support and they can tell you what you can do. Is it a normal cd or a weird shape (not round) or one of those small cd's?[/quote]

First, try this terminal command:

drutil tray eject 0

You can do this several times. If that doesn't work, and if you can boot into open firmware (with Command Option O F held down), you can type:

eject cd

If that doesn't work, and you want to open up the drive, there is a guide here, but this is a super last resort.

[quote|Sterling Hirsh]First, try this terminal command: drutil tray eject 0 You can do this several times. If that doesn't work, and if you can boot into open firmware (with Command Option O F held down), you can type: eject cd If that doesn't work, and you want to open up the drive, there is a guide [http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Jammed-Optical-Drives/772/1|here], but this is a super last resort.[/quote]

I have to tell you people, those slot-loading optical drives are CRAP! Unworthy of carrying the Apple name. I've got three different computers, the newest one just out of warranty, with the slot-loading drives crapped out on ALL of them. Several other tray drives, going back to a fourteen-year-old PB 1400 and a ten-year-old Pismo still work fine.

The problem with slot drives is they are designed thinner, with twice as much mechanical components as the tray drives to eject, etc, and they are just not durable.

Anyway, to get the disk out of my 14-month-old iMac, I took Lipflip's advice on the MacWorld's OS X hints forum and used the shutter from an old floppy disk to extract the CD enough to get my fingers on it. BUT I still had to take the front bezel off to get enough access. And of course the drive itself will have to be removed for repair or replacement...(Or maybe I'll save myself another headache down the road and try to find an external USB or firewire TRAY-loading drive!)

[quote|dentoni]I have to tell you people, those slot-loading optical drives are CRAP! Unworthy of carrying the Apple name. I've got three different computers, the newest one just out of warranty, with the slot-loading drives crapped out on ALL of them. Several other tray drives, going back to a fourteen-year-old PB 1400 and a ten-year-old Pismo still work fine. The problem with slot drives is they are designed thinner, with twice as much mechanical components as the tray drives to eject, etc, and they are just not durable. Anyway, to get the disk out of my 14-month-old iMac, I took Lipflip's advice on the MacWorld's OS X hints forum and used the shutter from an old floppy disk to extract the CD enough to get my fingers on it. BUT I still had to take the front bezel off to get enough access. And of course the drive itself will have to be removed for repair or replacement...(Or maybe I'll save myself another headache down the road and try to find an external USB or firewire TRAY-loading drive!)[/quote]

I tried all possible ways with no result. Took it apple care. Got the super drive removed. They took out the CD and said i need to get a new super drive installed. My iMac is out of warranty.

I don't want any more headache.

So I bought and new external usb slim Drive (ASUS)

[quote|rravikantt]I tried all possible ways with no result. Took it apple care. Got the super drive removed. They took out the CD and said i need to get a new super drive installed. My iMac is out of warranty. I don't want any more headache. So I bought and new external usb slim Drive (ASUS)[/quote]