Macbook 1.1 spits out discs without reading them since upgrading to Leopard

Ever since I upgraded my mac to Leopard OS X 10.6.6 (legit) I've not been able to use my scanner, I can print ok but can't scan, But most importantly I can't read any discs.
When I put them in the disc drive it tries and then just spits them out after having a think about it.
I've tried multiple discs all with the same results, discs that i've tried on other macs and work fine.
Because of the age of the Mac its out of warranty.
Can anyone help? or point me in the right direction?
Cheers

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