DVD player in HP Pavilion dv6000 won't play, just makes loud whirring noises

My dvd player is making loud, whirring, roaring noises when I insert disks. I've tried a variety of disks, cleaned them, cleaned the DVD player, but no help.
I'm guessing this is more a hardware problem than something to do with drivers, etc. Has anyone else had this problem? The notebook is about 3 years old--is it likely that the dvd drive is just dead? Or is there anyway that I could possibly repair it? Thanks...

I have a dv9000 with the same issue - sometimes I can delete it in device mgr and then have it reinstall itself. It works, but only for a vey short time. sometimes it will read the disc and sometimes not - just whirring and clunking.

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