Macbook optical drive/ out of alignment?

I was just about to burn a DVD when I realized my computer wont take the disk
theres no disk in it. It appears I could force the disk in but I dont want to do that.
Is it out of alignment? is that covered in the standard apple warranty?
This happened on my previous iBook and the tech guy said it was my fault (I bent something?), but it was so easy he fixed it for free.

Try rebooting your machine. I have had the drive mechanism get stuck and rebooting made it cycle. If this happens often you should get it serviced.

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