Disc Drive wont Load Leopard DVD

Got round to buying Leopard this week and inserted the disc only for my Macbook to make some rumbling noises and eject the disc. I was wondering if there are any solutions to my problem or if anyone else with a Macbook is suffering from this problem.
Thanks in advance, Scott.

I am having the same problem with a replacement MBP 2.4GHZ which arrived today from Apple. I have a Leopard family pack which has no problems on 3 other macs. The Leopard "CPU Drop-in DVD" from the DOA computer and this replacement are all summarily spit out by this MBP??? No dirt or scratches involved. This computer has passed an extended Apple Hardware test. Will let you know what Apple Care has to say. After falling victim to the unresponsive keyboard issue on the first MBP, I am not a happy camper to say the least.

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