Dvd - 1260 - Door Problem

Hi
i am having some problem with this devise
it`s been a while that i am having this problem and the problem is that
I can`t open Door with the button when there is nothing in it ... i mean i can open it with whole(so that mean the motor is fine)
but when there is nothing in dvd drive it just won`t open ... dosen`t matter how many time i push this button
but whenever there is some Dvd/cd On it ... it will open just fine ... i am wondering what the problem is ?
and sometimes when i push the button if i move the fron a littile it will open by chanse ... there is nothing wrong with my power cable/data Cable or Bus setup
by the way my win is 7 built 7600 .. up to date
and i have clonecd ... and ashampoo BS.
any tought would help me trough
and if u can help me how to change the front cover i`d appreciate that

The solution:
Probably a combination of previously posted suggestions.
A Memorex DVD laser lens cleaner disc didn't help.
A standard Office Depot cleaner disc didn't help.
I tried using canned air to blow out the dust and got to where I could burn a blank disc to a point.
A new error message popped up before the final burn:
"This disc did not verify correctly and is unreliable. Because this disc is unreliable, discard it and try again using a new, blank disc. (Error code 0x80020063)"
Took out the unburned disc (a standard Memorex) and placed in a higher-quality (Taiyo Yuden, which I use for my video production) disc.
Voilà!
To make sure, I tried a new Memorex disc and had the same error message.
Then, used a new Taiyo disc and everything is good!
So, I guess part of the problem was a dirty laser lens and the otehr part was probably using cheap media.
This is not to say that you will be able to get the same results.
Sometimes, those "superdrives" are D.O.A. and need to be replaced.
Fortunately that wasn't the case in my issue.

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