MBP won't load CDs

Hi,
Suddenly my 15 inch MBP is having problems loading audio CDs. It accepts and plays one and then rejects any others. It struggles to load, tries a few times then ejects disc without giving a message of any sort. If I restart it plays the first disc then rejects others. All the discs are commercial products. A DVD loaded ok. Anyone have any clues?
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Well in as much as they work at home one would assume that there are issues with internet service at your place of work or for some reason they are blocking web sites. As long as you have no issues at home it would seem that your MBP is OK.

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