Mac mini just ejecting disks.. cd or dvd...

Hey!
I have a Mac mini mid 2010. It eject's disks right away you put'em in. Can't do anything with cd's or dvd's with it. Anybody have an answer to this? I all ready tryed starting it with option+command+P+R....

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