Not reading disks

I have a iMac 21.5" 2009 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, version 10.6.8 and all of a sudden it stopped reading discs, I tried inserting a copy of Snow Leopard to mount the disc via firewire on my macbook. I got an error message when I restarted my computer and it said Disc Non Readable and that was the copy of Snow Leopard. I tried inserting my original iMac Installation DVDs and it just ejected the discs same as Snow Leopard. I inserted a burned DVD that had some files on it and it mounted. Any ideas????

Having a similar issue with my MacBook Pro OS x 10.6.8. I'm responding to keep this discussion alive and maybe someone can help us. I read something about trying to clean the optical drive, so I'm looking for a slot drive disk cleaner to try this weekend. After that, I guess it's to the apple store.

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