CD Drive on G5 Xserve keeps ejecting CDs

can this internal drive be replaced if bad? system profiler tells me it is not a detachable drive.
Thanks

Yes, it can be replaced. It's not detachable in System Profiler because it's internal; only a Firewire or USB drive would be "detachable."

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