Superdrive keeps ejecting blank dvds and movie dvds

I have a macbook pro which is about 1 year and 4 months old. I was burning dvds fine two days ago. However, today every dvd i insert ejects after 10 seconds.
Cds are able to mount and I can burn on them too.
I have searched all over the internet and I still havent been able to find a solution.
Anyone else have this problem
Message was edited by: kmac1985

i got the same problem now! working fine a couple of days ago and now i cant burn any DVDs anymore. My laptop is 5 months old.. i am getting sick of this laptop, it feels like something is always broken but after awhile (approx. 1 month) an update fixes it, but to destroy something else. So, i guess i will have to wait a month or two until i can burn DVDs again...Seriously, PC Laptops are more stable than this worthless laptop.. and this user forum *** aswell.. no one from Mac reads it and there are not many solutions in here ..only complaints like my message here....
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