25345: Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver): How to Open Empty CD/DVD Tray explains how to open an empty CD/DVD tray in a Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) when using a keyboard that does not have an Eject key. [A ...

Over the years I've had a ton of failures from CD/DVD drives. But the majority of them were tray problems with lite-on drives. Anyone else have a high failure rate of this brand? I had a bunch of Lite ...

CD/DVD tray eject problem solved? Andrew Kim reports that if the CD/DVD tray ejects during boot, it is caused by how some USB devices send an eject command to the system. Disabling certain USB devices ...

Buy a slot one, I always worry that some day I will do something stupid and break the tray off my CD-ROM. But internally, they're the same, so go with your preference.