Superdrive is not working

Hi, I did not expect that to happen from my Powerbook especially now that I have a deadline for tommorow to catch.
My syperdive was normally working until yesterday night. Now it won't import any cd's/dvd's. It does not try either (i.e. I can hear no sound).
Is there anyway I can fix that?
thanks

Did you install anything before this happened? How long since it last worked?

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