DVD Drive Non-Function Mac Mini 3,1 (late 2009)

Hi
The DVD drive in my Mac Mini has recently become non-functional, "About this Mac" sees the drive fine,
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S:
Model:          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S
Revision:          2AHI
Native Command Queuing:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
Power Off:          No
Async Notification:          Yes
Bay Name:          Upper
But when you insert a disc there is no response, it does not see to attempt to read it just ejects after about 20-30 seconds.
Any suggestions as to what could be the problem? This issue started sometime after I upgraded the memory, but I cannot be sure that the two things are connected as I very rarely use the DVD drive and the first time I tried to use it was several months later.
Many Thanks

Optical drives are pretty short lived in my experience.
Might try a cleaning Disc.
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
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In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.

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