Combo Drive not working

My internal combo drive (tray) is not reading anything (i.e., DVDs, CDs, CD-Roms). It just acts as if nothing has been inserted. I have checked Disk Utility and only see my hard drive listed....
What are the initial steps to troubleshooting this problem?
emac 1GHz   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   17" imac (G4), 12" ibook

It sounds like the drive is dead. I don't think this will work, but it is worth a shot anyway. As JVMP said, shut everything down, but this time also unplug the power cord to the eMac so it is completely disconnected from power allowing the logic board to power completely down and reset. Leave it unplugged for a good 5 minutes so all on board capacitors discharge. Then plug back in and start up again.
Maybe, if we are lucky, something locked up and that IDE bus just needs resetting or something.
Patrick

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