MacBook unable to read leopard upgrade DVD

I have a MacBoook I purchased in early 2007, I am currently using Tiger 10.4.11. Yesterday I bought Leopard 10.5.1 with the intention of upgrading Tiger to Leopard with no success. When I inserted the Install DVD my computer self-ejected the DVD before anything even came on the screen. I can play regular DVDS, but for some reason the Install Disk won't read... anyone know what may be causing this?
Thanks.

Raychel81 wrote:
I have a MacBoook I purchased in early 2007, I am currently using Tiger 10.4.11. Yesterday I bought Leopard 10.5.1 with the intention of upgrading Tiger to Leopard with no success. When I inserted the Install DVD my computer self-ejected the DVD before anything even came on the screen. I can play regular DVDS, but for some reason the Install Disk won't read... anyone know what may be causing this?
Thanks.
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