CD/DVD Drive Won't stay open

Never had a problem like this before....
On both drives on my Mac Pro, I can eject both fine, but they instantly close.
When burning a DVD i have to open it and throw the disc in before it closes, like an old west gunslinger with quick reflexes. Same thing when getting a disc out, gotta be like the karate kid.
Does it all the time now without fail, with no programs running after a fresh restart. Don't know any specific thing that caused it, just one day I went to burn a disc and it closed before i got the disc in...
Any ideas??

I have the opposite problem. Brand new Mac Pro, and the CD/DVD drive drawer opened on the first power up after receipt of shipment from Apple. Every time I close the drawer, it immediately opens up again. The Disk Utility "Info" page shows that the software detects the drawer is open, so it's not a reversed sense problem.
I will be trying to find out how to get Apple to fix this post haste on their dime. My CD/DVD drive is essentially DOA. Don't they test these machines before shipping them?!

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