HP Pavilion ejecting cd by itself

A CD placed in the drive, winds up, and then ejects itself without me doing anything. sometimes (but not always) I get an Autoplay pop up asking me whether I want to open with Windows explorer etc, but before I get a chanc to do anything, it just ejects itself
Any ideas
Jack
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Dear Customer,
Welcome and Thank you for posting your query on HP Support Forum
Please refer to the articles as shown below which explains how to resolve this issue
Method 1:
Perform the hardware troubleshooter and check.
Open the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-Hardware-and-Devices-troubleshooter
Method 2:
If the issue persists then you may try the troubleshooting steps from the knowledge base article:
Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
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