CD drive does not appear to be working properly

I loaded a CD to install some software and the drive never gets up to speed. The disk is also not displayed on the screen. All preferences seem to be set correctly.

Same problem here, I'm guessing there is a bad batch of drives. Had this Mac since Jan. '07, no problems since then. I'm calling Apple as soon as I have freetime (and an hour, lol).
I suggest you do the same if you r under the one year warranty, or Apple Care.

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