Leopard Won't read on MacBook Pro 15"

Just loaded on my 17" MacBook Pro, but my daughters 15" won't read the disk. Plays cd, recorded dvd for backups, so what could the problem be, called Apple, reset pram, pulled battery,power reset, nothing worked. got appointent at genius bar on sunday. Just out of warranty too! I can see them bucking now!
Pat

Got to visit the "Genius Bar" tonight at my local Apple Store. Their diagnosis is that I have a bad optical drive... apparently, I can play some DVDs (at least the one I used as a test plays, but for some unknown reason, I can't play others, including the Leopard install DVD. How this could be possible is beyond me.
I nearly fell over when the Genius then tells me it will cost $400 to replace the drive. An optical drive failure after only a little over a year's use just isn't right. I'm guessing that there's either a bad batch of drives in some of these early MacBooks, or the excessive heat is causing premature failure. $400 is just ridiculous.
BTW, the Genius turned the book on its right side to try to coax life out of the DVD drive - might work better than upside-down (plus with the lid open, it actually stands up by itself that way, so you don't have to stand there like an idiot with your computer over your head.

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