Mac Mini CD / DVD Combo drive malfunction

My Mac mini rejects every CD, DVD I put in. The same very disks disks work perfectly fine on my PC!
It was all working fine for about a year, and then all of a sudden, I have this problem!
I do see a lot of people reporting this problem in the forums; can anyone PLEASE help?

Perhaps the drive is bad. Is the mini under warranty? If so, take it in for repair/replacement.
Dah•veed

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