Disc Drive Issues- Ejecting Problems

Hi!
I was wondering if someone was able to help me with my problem:
I am currently on my second Powerbook G4... The first one I purchased in October 2005, but a DVD managed to get stuck in my drive and Apple replaced it with a new computer as they couldn't figure out how to get the disc free either. My second G4 has so far worked well, but the other day I stuck a disc into my drive and it wouldn't come out. It made the noise as if it wanted to spit it out, and then nothing happened. I panicked, waited a moment and then tried to eject it after the computer recognized it again and then luckily it came out!!
Has anyone else had this issue? Is it something that most G4 users run into, or is this something more serious?
Also- is anyone else's drive somewhat noisy? It makes a little whirring sound every two minutes or so. I used to use a friend's powerbook and I don't remember it making this much noise... I may have forgotten though.
I am currently overseas in Europe and very nervous about inserting another disc as I will not be returning to a the States for several more months and will not be able to go to an Apple Help Center.
Cheers and thanks!
Sassy
Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

I have the impression that a tobacco smoke free and dust free environment do much to assure the reliability of CD or DVD drives in the Aluminum PowerBook series (all sizes). A friend who is a smoker purchased a CD or DVD drive cleaning kit to solve his problem, continually running the cleaner until functioning was good and disk noise was minimal.
These cleaning kits cost about US$15.00 and have a CD sized disk to which cleaner is applied. I've personally never had much luck with them but the friend is convinced his problem with tobacco smoke and/or dust was solved with one.
Good luck.

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