Powerbook freeze when DVD is inserted

Hi,
This issue has just started happening. Everytime I put a dvd into my combo drive it makes my mac crash. DVD player starts to open and then it hangs and I have to manually shut the computer down. I tried using frontrow instead but this was no better. I dont think its a mechanical issue because other cd's work fine, i think it is only DVDs.
Has anyone else had this issue or can anyone at least point me in the right direction on how to fix it?! It is frustrating because I really like the DVD aspect of the mac!
Thanks

I checked here http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1313471&tstart=0 and found this fix http://www.hurrikenux.com/Testing/UnofficialLeopardGraphicsUpdateRollback1.2.zip thanks!

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