All CD's and DVD's being rejected

I have an 2.4Ghz Intel iMac 7,1 model and just recently my CD/DVD drive has started ejecting everything that I put into it after about 3 seconds. It pulls the CD in and makes a couple of sounds then just shoots it back out. Ive tried blank and non blank CDs and DVD and none of them want to stay in. Im not sure if this is a software or a hardware problem.
Any help would be great.
Thanks

It may be a hardware issue, or it may be something in software, such as a corrupted preference file.
As a test to see if it's a preference file issue, create a new admin user account in System Preferences Accounts pane. Log out and log in to the new account (do not use Fast User Switching).
In the new account, try inserting a disc into the optical drive. Is it the same or does it work?

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