CD/DVD drive door opens when eMac wakes from sleep

I have two identical eMacs running OS 10.4.9 but for some reason one of them has a problem where the CD/DVD drive door opens by itself when I wake it up. Has anyone experienced this problem?
Thanks!
Brent

The same thing happens to my eMac - and it has not been serviced at all. I have been watching your post for a reply. Can anyone provide a bit of help as to why the eMac CD door pops open upon waking from sleep?
Grateful for your help,
Irene
eMac, iBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

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