I purchased the Mac OS X Snow Leopard upgrade.  I put the CD in my MacBook and it spits it back out.  What should I do?

I purchased the Mac OS X Snow Leopard upgrade.  I put the CD in my MacBook and it spits it back out.  What should I do?

Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
Does it load other DVDs?

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