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How do I open the Quicksilver CD tray?

post #1 of 8
2/20/02 at 3:14pm
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I have a Quicksilver G4 that won't turn on. I figure I can get it to turn on if I get the CD tray open but, aside from pulling the glued-on faceplate off, I can't get it to open. Can someone else recommend a different course of action?
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post #2 of 8
2/20/02 at 3:55pm
If it won't turn on, how do you figure that getting a cd in the tray will make it turn on?
BTW...don't do that. Just don't.
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post #3 of 8
2/20/02 at 4:09pm
[quote]Originally posted by kaboom:
<strong>If it won't turn on, how do you figure that getting a cd in the tray will make it turn on?
BTW...don't do that. Just don't.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Maybe he means it won't boot up and wants to boot off of a CD?
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post #4 of 8
2/20/02 at 4:29pm
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Actually, I was able to turn the gears with a paperclip and boot off a CD, so it did work, worked like a charm.
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post #5 of 8
2/20/02 at 5:09pm
Smash it with a hammer!
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post #6 of 8
2/20/02 at 6:37pm
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I wrote the frantic (and somewhat confusing) post above when a 733 Quicksilver refused to load OS 9.2.1; it would stall just before showing the happy Mac. My school's yearbook, every page, is on this thing and I figured that I could get it to boot off a CD and perform a clean install if I could get the damn tray open, which I finally did, thank God. Sorry for not explaining this before.

BTW, it seems that Apple should include a hole for emergency openings like they used to. But alas, Apple will do what it wants. There comes a time when appearance and superficiality should take a back seat to practicality.
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post #7 of 8
2/20/02 at 7:21pm
Actually, if you hold down your mouse button while powering on the system, the CD tray should open. The same applies to PowerBook/iBook's with CD tray's... just hold down the trackpad button.

Hope that helps!

-j4
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post #8 of 8
2/20/02 at 11:17pm
Holding down the eject button on the keyboard works for me too...
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