I cant get my mac to recognise the internal dvd drive on my imac

my mac is running hot to the touch and i cant get the imac to recognise any dvd i put in

Well, it installed in 10.5 here...
I won't be able to try 10.4 until later, but you might try another download...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=219&lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&sw _lang=&product=3811337#N638
Have you ever used Mozy?
Might try Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
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I won't be able to try 10.4 until later, but you might try another download...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=219&lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&sw _lang=&product=3811337#N638
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