Combo Drive Locked

I have an old Powerbook G4 1.33ghz laptop and everything works fine but the combo drive. It seems to be locked or something. If i try to put a disc in it doesnt get very far before being stopped be something. Theres no way to get it in at all. I cant use the hardware test CD because i would need a Cd drive for that. Any other suggestions.
By the way, I know for a fact that there is no disc in it

Hi
Well, as far as I know on the official way you can change the region settings 5 times.
Furthermore you can check some other topics in the forum.
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=5511&messageID=18805#18805
Bye

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