DVD ejecting with no reason

I have a old T40 with windows XP. Recently my DVD start ejecting with no reason. any solution?
Cow
Thinpad T40 + X100e(athlon Dual core L335, window 7 home premium)

It's very possibe you have a failing optical drive, I suggest you substitute a known good drive. If you don't have one I might be willing to loan you one if you cover the postage, or would be glad to let you keep it if you have something of equal value to trade.
If you'd like my help, feel free to send me a PM.
Also, if you want to rule out the possibility of a sofrware error, you can boot the system from a linux liveCD, if it boots up and runs fineusing linux, then your problem is likely software, but the simpliest solution would be to swap out the drive.
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