My Macbook Pro is spitting out disks!

When ever i put a disk into my CD drive it just spits it out and makes this weird clicking noise if it accepts it. But then it wont do anything. Ive tried both CD's and DVD's and nothing... It jsut doesnt work. my macbook isnt even a full month old. anyone else had these issues. Apple store was no help!

Is it any disc you put in that it spits out or just this particular one?
If it is just that particular disc then it would suggest that there may be something wrong with it.
Cleaning would only help if you were experiencing similar problems with other discs.
If it is spitting out every disc you insert then you could try resetting the system management controller on your MacBook Pro. The reason I suggest this I had a similar problem on a MacBook G4 and as I had tried resetting everything else with no luck I decided to give restting the PMU a go and that cured it. So no gurantees but worth a shot.
Info here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
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Applecomputer53 wrote:
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There are always new MacBook Pro models coming out soon. However with current 2011 models you can install the faster, Rosetta program loving OS X Snow Leopard with a hack, instead of the new clitchy and unstable OS X Lion.
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nytol wrote:
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Sounds like a problem with Excel, perhaps you have a Macro virus.
Download the free ClamXav and run a scan
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