Ibook won't accept dvd or disk

Help. When I insert a disk into the drive it will only advance about 1/2 inch, then it stops. I'm certain that here is not a disk already in the drive and nothing shows up on my desktop.

Thank you from New York City.
Yep, it worked! Just for clarity to others - I did NOT let the machine fully suck the CD in, just applied a bit of pressure as it was starting to hear the familiar sound I had not heard. (I was afraid it may lock up) It seemed the gizmo at the edge was out of wack, not allowing CD's in.
I had been hearing uncommmon physical noises. I heard the good ol' drive sound and voila, it's working fine.
God bless message boards! I almost bought a new machine...would have been fun, but not really needed just yet!
And they gave me a whole lotta hoopla at the Apple Store...this was brilliant!
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