Combo drive won't accept CDs or CD-R/CD-RWs

my iBook's combo drive suddenly would not accept CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs. it can't recognize the disk and automatically spits them out. it can't burn CD-Rs as well. it can only read DVD, DVD-Rs. why is this so?
is apple planning on solving this problem? and compensatin for those who have purchased the defective combo drives? any suggestions on what to do to solve the problem?
thanks.

Hi Michael,
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PS If you have to bring it to an Apple Store, reserve a slot with a Mac Genius at your local Apple Store.
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