Cd/dvd drive disappeared and spits out cds and dvds

hi all, i got a plastic case 24" imac 2.33 with osx tiger. i noticed the drive hadnt showed in my finder folder quite awhile now but paid no mind to it. a week ago a friend brought over a rush dvd to watch and it spit it out everytime i put it in, i thought bad dvd. months before that i noticed i had to really work to get disks to eject. theyd come out a lil then suck back in. today i tried to put in a blank cd and it spit it out right away after many attempts. same disk works fine in my mas older imac. looks like many here having same problem. any answers from apple? please not another issue like the airport express that mac never acknowledged. that took me almost a week to fix while apple has still never offered a solution.
any help greatly appreciated
thanks

hello all,
i got a remedy from phone support today. heres the scoop:
step 1: insert your install disk 1 from apple. it your drive sees it goto step 2. if no disk appears make reservation at genius bar.
step 2: eject disk shut down comp. restart, press and hold down appleoption+pr until you hear 2 chimes. release buttons. try a commercial cd(store bought music), if it fails try another commercial cd to be sure its not the disk. do the same procedure with a dvd. next do the same procedure with a blank cd. open system preferences cd/dvd change top two options to, ask what to do, just in case they been changed.
i did everything but insert the install disk before without any luck. that maybe the trick.
im a happy man again, thanks to apple phone support.
good luck all
peace

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