Powerbook g4 (FW800) Optical drive ejects all media

I think this question has been there many times, but could not found a decent answer.
Problem is that my optical drive (superdrive) does not mount any media, when I put disc (any disc) in it reads it for a while and spits it out... What to do?
Is my optical drive an ex drive, broken, dead? Or is there some setting corrupt or what`
thanks

I have had to replace 2 Super Drives and no it was not at all related to any software upgrades. I am quite frankly ticked that I have such an expensive laptop, and have had to replace 2 drives in 18 months. First one was under warranty second of course not. I replaced it with a non OEM, rather with a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K05. I would rather try my luck with something new, as opposed to the the same drive that has broken twice.
First time was the same as yours, second was an electrical issue which was causing the drive to continually eject. I checked with the repair person, to determine if I was causing the problems. I have no bends in the drive and there were no outward appearances of damage. I travel everyday with my laptop, it is a work/personal laptop. I use a rolling laptop bag, and recently travelled internationally with it and thought perhaps the jostling and vibration. But the first drive went out prior to me using it as a work laptop, did not travel much with it then. But with new job, I am everywhere rolling the laptop in a roll bag (so much easier to travel with)!
Michelle

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