My optical drive will not recognize cd's....but it will play dvd's.  When i insert an audio cd it spins but eventually spits it out.

My CD/DVD drive will only play DVD's.  When I insert an audio cd it just spins then ejected.  I checked my settings and it should open with Itunes.  I read something about messing with the language but that didn't seem to work.  HELP!!!

Take it to an Apple store or AASP.

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