DVD-ROM Matshita SR-8187 Won't take any disks

So my PB won't accept any disks of any kind. It is still being recognized by the system as it shows up in the PB hardware info. So it's alive it just won't take my disks. No gears are moving even though I can push an entire disk into the slot. Recently the eject button won't register either although I couldn't get a disk in to eject anyway. I believe it's mechanical failure.
Anyone experience this and was able to fix it?
thanks in advance

Hi, teatime. Given that System Profiler sees the drive, this is a long shot, but it costs nothing to check. Perhaps your drive's cable connection to the logic board has loosened just enough so one or two pins aren't making good contact, leaving the drive mostly inert.
Go to this page, choose the correct guide for your particular Powerbook model, and follow the instructions for removing the optical drive. They'll show you, before you actually take the drive out, where its cable is connected to the logic board. Press that cable's connector solidly down against the board, then put the bottom panel back in place and test again. If this makes no difference, you'll have to replace the drive — it has failed mechanically, as you suspect.

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