Superdrive has stopped reading DVDs/ CDs!

Hello helpful people, i am having various problems with my emac with regard to reading DVDs etc. all of a sudden my drive no longer accepts any of my DVDs and struggles to read audio CDs. when i insert a DVD (that worked fine a week ago) i here a clicking noise and after about 5 seconds it just spits it back out. i initially thought it might be a scratch on the disk itself but then realised that it other DVDs were also being rejected. Audio cds occasionally work but this is often after alot of unpleasent noises and long wait. Does my superdrive need to be replaced or is there anything else i can do?
please help.
emac PowerPc G4 (1.1) Mac OS X (10.3.9)
emac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Welcome to the discussions.
The very first thing I would do is Repair Permissions.
This will many times resolve a minor glitch.
Other times it may require you to reset the Pram.
Have a look at Gullivers recommendations on System Maintence.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640&#607640
To reset Pram, look below.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
Cheers Don

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