Welcome aboard.

Maybe you could try the Drive release using a needle in the hole below the CD slot. Typically let the machine just do its thing while ripping. Or better yet rip with something like dBpoweramp.
BTW no eject as the drive is designed rip and auto eject.

M2.0>ROON: C15/DSP6K
C2.2>ROON: ALLO DIGIONE/DSP5K+D2500x2
W2.2>ROON: C10/DSP33+D2500
R2.0>ROON R: MiniDSP SHD>SCHIIT Freya+(Forkbeard)>3eAudio A7 Mono>>>Apogee Scintilla

Projects. ROON streamer with serial RS232 volume control