My cd drive kicks out disks

Does anyone know how to stop my cd drive from kicking out disks?

A popular optical drive upgrade just now is the Pioneer 111D available from many online suppliers - for example
http://platinummicro.com/product.asp?pfid=DRWPO111BK&deptid=08-004
Upgrading the optical drive is a job you could probably tackle yourself - a bit fiddly, but not difficult - the Apple Official D-I-Y instructions are here
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/g5/073-0807.pdf
I installed the very similar 110D in this ancient and venerable G5 DP 2 and it works like a charm. Couple of things to watch out for on the installation - mentioned here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2152422#2152422

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I have a iMac in my home and Power MacG5 in the office.
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