Dvd player malfunction

I have G4power book-- with OS X 10.3.9 out of the blue the cd/dvd driver stopped recognizing any CD or DVD-- it just spits it back out. I tried resetting the memory (which I did once before) and it did not work-- any suggestions?
thanks

It's possible for one side to burn out & not the other, CDs & DVDs use differeny Lasers & voltages, but have you tried a Cleaning CD?

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