MacBook Pro will not accept anything in the disc drive?

I have tried every kind of disc possible about 10 times each. CD's/DVD's/Even PC Games. All on different discs every time.
My MacBook will only accept the disc for no more than 5 seconds, making a noise like it's trying to read it and then stops, and then reboots itself again, repeat 3/4 times and then ejects the disc out.
Previously it was having trouble ejecting the discs every now and then, but I just lifted the laptop on its side to help encourage it to eject.
I have tried the troubleshooting tests (shutting down, holding the D key) and it says that everything is fine. I'm worried my hard drive may be dead, but I don't see how when I have hardly any data on the laptop. 80% is all in a portable hard drive.

maddiison wrote:
Will this get stuck in the slot though?
Possibly.
And how do I shoot compressed air into it… using a hairdryer on cool or something? (I'm hopeless at tech, sorry)
One can purchase compressed air in a can.
http://www.amazon.com/b?node=3012916011
Ciao.

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