Macbook wont take cd's

my macbook wont take cd's or dvd's or blank cd's/dvd's i tried everything its been broken for like a month now, i put in the cd/dvd and it makes a noise like its trying to read it and 10 seconds later it spits the cd out
Macbook 13" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi Jesse,
I am in the same boat as you. My Superdrive worked like a champ for quite awhile, but just yesterday it started spitting out everything I tried to feed it like a fussy toddler.
After restarting, I got it to take a disc but it wouldn't mount and the disc would not eject. When I checked the system profiler it told me that I had no burner attached. Ten or fifteen restarts later holding the eject button down, the disc popped out.
This morning the system profiler tells me that I have a drive again after having it shut down over night, but it is back to spitting everything out. I am taking it in again for repair (2 logic boards and a heat sink replaced already). As you can imagine I am getting a tad frustrated.
When the machine works, it works great - I love it. Now its getting to the point where everytime I open the lid I am wondering what will go wrong. I don't know what good it will do but I am going to ask for a replacement. I am thinking I got a lemon.
I will let you know what I find out about the super drive though when they tell me.
Clayton
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