Disc drive won't eject and then computer won't shut down

When the computer first boots the drive will eject fine but after using it for some time when I hit eject the eject symbol shows on screen but the disc never ejects. If I click the dvd icon to eject it that way then the dvd icon disappears.
Then if I restart the computer all the icons disappear leaving just the wallpaper and spinning beach ball and I have to do a hard power down.
This has happened with another dvd drive as well.
Any ideas?

I did have the energy saver set to put the hard drives to sleep. I unchecked it and will run for a few days to see if this resolves it.
Thanks for your post.

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