Superdrive wont read ANYTHING!

I just bought my mini yesterday and the superdrive has already stopped working. In the beginning it was fine until i put in a DVD and started to copy some files, it had a problem copying one file and then the screen froze. After that i had to restart and eject the disk. I tried putting all sorts of disks in, even the mighty mouse installation got ejected. What should i do?

I have tried Sony, Verbatim, and Philips...I thought of that too...also I mixed up with +r, and -r...no changes...but Thx...!

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