USB won't eject from Port Replicator II

I have an Inspiron 7000 with the Port Replicator II.  I inserted a USB Flash drive into the replicator and it will not come out.  I can get the program to "safely eject" it - the light goes off on the flash drive and it is removed from Explorer, however, the teeth still have a hold of the flash drive.  Is there a manual way to get it to eject.  Powering off did not help anything either.  Or do I need an updated driver that talks to the port replicator (or did I install something over the working one?).  I recently loaded drivers for a digital camera but it ejected earlier today without problems.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Windows 2000