Help! 2nd optical drive not ejecting; drive tray stuck!

I have just installed a LITE-ON DVDRW SHM-165P6S drive in the second bay. I have removed the front tray panel, but when trying to eject from the drive, the tray fouls the case opening, and will not open fully. Only after some vigorous pulling upward on the tray, will it then open fully. This is not ideal, as the flimsy plastic won't take much of that kind of abuse. It seems that Apple have not made enuogh allowances for slight differences in design of dvd drives, or have I done something wrong? Is this just a case of incompatible design; should I try another burner, or is it a problem with the Mac Pro?
Seems that Apple could've made the bay openings a little bigger, to avoid this problem. Why didn't they? Most annoying.
Anyone else experienced any problems? Anyone got any ideas?

This Pioneer of which you speak, it seems to be the drive to go for, from what I've read. I just tried the Liote-On, to see if it's any quieter than the Sony unit (It is; it couldn't be any louder!), but the tray seems to be a bit too low for the bay door. Oh well. I had the Lite-On lying around spare, so I'm not too annoyed. I'll try the Pioneer that you mention, thanks. Is it a lot quieter? Trying to watch a dvd at night, the Sony drive is so loud, I have to have the volume up higher than I want to; it's going through a hi-fi, so does get a bit noisy.
Thanks mate. I'll swap the drive for the Pioneer, and see hoe it goes.
Happpy New Year!

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