Just upgraded to 10.8.3 - Can no longer use disc drive

Well this made my weekend.
Updated to 10.8.3 and my disc drive has been rendered useless.
After I boot up, I can if I am lucky use the drive once, but more often than not the disc whirs and then spits the disc back out.
CD's with data I had written on to (and was using the morning before I upgraded) can no longer be read.
I have seen various comments re this but cant see any solution anywhere?
Can anyone help?

Zap the PRAM and Reset the SMC, then try again.

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