Installing Mac OS X leopard using CPU drop-in DVD

Hi. I'm a first time Mac user and have been using Mac OS X leopard happily for past 4 months.
Then something happened... my macbook kinda gave up on me..
it won't start.. it would only start up to chime once and show bluish-gray screen with the wheel turning.. so i decided to look up solution using mac for dummies..
it told me how to reinstall pressing C and power button and all...
so i got the software reinstalled. but what i didn't know was the install CD i had was for the older version of Mac OS X (i think it's the tiger)..
so now i'm stuck with tiger.. which i'm not familiar with.
but i have this Mac OS X leopard CPU Drop in DVD with me.. and i looked up what it was and the sources tell me it's a upgrading CD for Macbook with tiger.
so i tried to run in hoping it would upgrade readily..
but now the problem is the dvd drive won't read this DVD.
i never had this problem before.
DVD drive read any kind of DVD before but recently after this disaster it won't read any of the DVDs i insert.
i'm a total macbook newbie and computer (especially macbook) dummy..
so could any of macbook experts out there help me solve my problem?...
in summary, i'm faced with 2 questions.
1. how do you get my DVD drive to recognize dvd? (do i need to change a setting?)
2. how do you upgrade tiger to leopard using cpu-drop in dvd? (once i get my dvd drive to read the dvd!! )
Thank you so much!

Have you tried booting straight from the DVD?
From another post:
"This disc is upgrade only. When you run the Leopard installer it says that Tiger must already be installed on the machine. Further, it does not offer the standard installation options (Archive and Install, Erase and Install, and Upgrade); it only offers Upgrade. The upgrade disc, however, does seem to require a previous Tiger install (i.e. it won't work on a newly formatted hard drive)."
"covers machines bought 10/1 thru 12/29 2007, Usually the disks that come with the computers are tied to that specific model"

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OS X 10.8.x - Mountain Lion
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Hey everyone. I just recieved my highly anticipated Macbook Pro that came preinstalled with OSX 10.4.10. I haven't installed anything yet because i am wanting to install Leopard first. The computer came with the 'Mac OS X Leopard - CPU Drop-in DVD'. After I put the dvd in i have tried to install it 4 different ways. One, just by double clicking the 'Install Mac OS X.app' icon (i've actually tried this about 4 times). Second, I tried to install it by using the Leopard DVD as the start-up disc as described in the 'troubleshooting leopard' doc online. Thirdly, I tried (three times) to restart the computer with the DVD in while holding 'C' down. And finally, my last attempt i installed the Tiger discs thinking that might do it...after i installed Tiger which was already preinstalled on the computer, I repeated the above mentioned methods...and everytime the dvd gets ejected on the restart...a couple seconds after the 'apple logo' appears on bootup...then, the 'not working' icon (circle with the diagonal line through it like 'no smoking' logo) appears.
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Hello all, my 1st post as a new Apple switcher!
I just received my new iMac 24" today, and I am not sure about the upgrade to Leopard. (Came pre-installed with Tiger, and came with a Leopard CPU Drop-In DVD). I have read about a few issues with the upgrade / re-install process to Leopard, stemming from the rumor that the Leopard CPU Drop-In DVD is not a full version, but an upgrade only.
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Hey, I know what you mean.
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I rang customer service and asked how do I install iLife 08 if I do a clean instal,l as when i upgraded my Safari would not play flash, quicktime or open certain websites. Also I had a very long load up period with Blue Screen which bothered me a lot. (I know I am fussy)
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Butterflie14,
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