My Powerbook has an eating disorder (seriously).

Whenever I try to feed a CD or DVD into my computer, there are some slight whirring sounds like the computer is trying to read it, but CD/DVD icon never appears on desktop and then machine spits out the disk. My theory is that, with Apple promoting the iMac with the theme that "You can never be too thin," my computer has become bulimic. Apparently, images of unrealistically thin computer models are just as harmful as human ones. To increase my computer's self-esteem, I tried reading it favorable reviews from when it was introduced back in 2005, but this has not proven to be effective therapy at all. Please help before my Powerbook ends up lifeless in the corner of a closet like Karen Carpenter. Thank you.

Do you have any external devices attached? If so, unhook them and try it. Hubs can cause sleep problems.
Try resetting your PMU once.
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