My iMac won't accept discs of any kind

I don't know when this started but for the last couple months my iMac has stopped accepting discs. I used to watch movies and burn cds all the time and somehow it just stopped working. Any tips or help on what may be the problem would be greatly appreciated.

Is the disc inserting all the way, then ejecting? Or you can't insert a disc?
Does the superdrive show up in the system profiler?
You could set up another account profile and see if the drive works on that account. If so, then it's a software issue.
There might be something stuck in the drive? It's happened to me twice.
1) My son dropped a coin in my iMac, couldn't insert a disc. I took the drive out opened it up, the coin had dislodged a spring causing the drive to remain locked in the "disc inserted position"
2) A piece of label had come off in my iBook. The disc would load, spin then eject. Again found the label after I had taken the drive out and opened it.

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