CD Drive recognizing all the CDs as blank discs

I Have an intel Mac 21.5" running OS x lion 10.7.5 . Recently my mac isn't recognizing any of the discs . Sometimes it pops out saying that "You have inserted a blank disc" and sometimes it simply ejects the disc . And I know that there is no problem with my discs . Is there any solution for this problem .
Thanks in advance !!

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