IMac 17 won't load discs

Hello. Just noticed a bug with my 2-year old iMac 17. It won't load DVDs or data CDs. It just makes noise and then spits them out. Music CDs work, however. Tried a few of the tricks suggested here on this board but to no avail. I don't use the drive a lot and just noticed it. The only significant change to my machine is I upgraded Mac OS to 10.5.7. Not sure if it could be related. Any ideas?

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