Disc ejects on startup

I've been searching for a while now, but still haven't found a solution for this.
Ever since I installed the last update of Leopard, the disc tray on my PowerMac (G5) will eject on startup, before I get to the login screen. I first thought that it was looking to the disc drive for a primary operating system like my PC sometimes did, but couldn't figure out how to change the boot drive.
It's not that bad of a problem, just a little annoying. I've got it on the ground and if I forget to close it back up, my nephew might get a hold of it and snap it off.
Does anybody know what's going on?

Hi! It's a common problem and the cause is odd but i can't remember exactly what it is. I've never read of a fix. Tom

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