Optical drive wont open from keyboard

my drive wont open anymore from the keyboard comand. it recognizes a cd though. any know how to fix.

Does the issue persist even when you do a Safe Mode boot…
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393
… ?

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