Mac Book Pro ejecting Leopard Disk!

I'm not sure whats going on. I have a Mac Book Pro Core Duo 2. When I put the leopard disk in, after about 1 minute, it ejects and does nothing. My other mac book pro installed fine. My friends iBook also recognizes it. What's up?
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You're not going to believe this, but I had the same problem this weekend on my MB 2GHz (white), and found this answer on another board: insert disk and turn the machine upside down. Hold it that way until the familiar sound of the disk read completing is heard, then set it down back upright. I know it sounds bizarre, but it worked for me, after I had run disk util and every other goddam geeky thing on the disk to try and fix it.

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