Door on Super Drive is stuck

Hi everyone,
I'm growing increasingly frustrated because I am unable to eject a disk from my super drive on my Powermac G5. The problem isn't that I don't know the key combinations or the assigned buttons for ejecting a disk. The drive simply will not eject the disk when the correct buttons are pushed. I can hear the drive "wanting" to eject it but it won't. The door seems to be stuck. Is there a fix to this problem (such as an adjustment that I can make regarding the alignment of the drive within the bay) or something like that?
Or do I need to go out and purchase a new drive from Apple or somewhere else? Please advise!
Thanks everyone! I appreciate the help.

The Power Mac G5 manual has the following
*You are unable to eject a disc.*
A file on the disc may be in use. Quit applications that are open, then try again.
If that doesn’t work, choose Apple () > Restart and hold down either the mouse
button or the Media Eject key on your Apple Keyboard.
If that doesn’t work:
1 Shut down the computer.
2 Carefully press down the front panel covering the front of the drive tray and locate the
small hole below the drive tray.
3 Carefully insert the end of a large straightened paper clip into the hole.
4 Push firmly until the tray opens.
5 Pull out the tray, remove the disc, and push the tray to close it.

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