Intel Mac Mini - Does not eject Discs or see the disc that is stuck

It seems like the mac has just stopped seeing the CD drive. I put a disc in there (an installer disc - not a CDR) and the disc didn't mount... I thought it was odd and tried to eject it. no go (not even the sounds like it is attempting to eject). I check system profiler and it lists:
ATA Bus
- MatshitaDVD-R UJ-846
So, the profile reads the drive.
I tried restarting the machine holding the mouse button down and no luck.
Even by pressing the eject button, I do not see the greyed out eject symbol on the desktop that usually appears when you hit eject.
Any ideas anyone?

The open firmware method doesn't work on intel macs unfortunately (at least the command-option-f-o method).
starting with the eject key didn't work either...
in the end, I cracked open the case, popped the top of the drive off, removed the disc by, re-assembled. Note that at this point the computer still thinks there is a disk in the drive. However, upon attempting to read a disk (that isn't there) on boot, the computer realizes this and unlocks the releasing mechanism, so it "ejects" clearing the drive bay.
To be safe, I rebooted a few times... then booted from CD a few times... then booted normally. All seems to be ok.
I do not recommend this method to anyway. This should be done as a last resort by Apple techs. The only reason I did this is because I am pretty far away from any apple service center. For me, I have an external burner attached so had I destroyed the CD drive, I would still have been "ok". Again, this most likely voided my warranty, and I do not suggest this to anyone.

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