URGENT HELP NEEDED! ALL CDs & DVDs ARE CONTIUOUSLY EJECTED

Hello Everyone!
Our little four year old Titanium PowerBook G4 has just started to reject all manner of CDs and DVDs. It does not matter whether the disc is blank, home burnt or a commercial CD or DVD. Every disc that is inserted into the SuperDrive is automatically ejected after a couple of "whirrs".
Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated as this machine is used for a small dance studio and burning CDs for performances and competitions is a way of life for this PowerBook.
Thanks in advance.
Rodger GW
PowerBook G4, 1.0Ghz PowerPC, 512MB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi, Rodger. It sounds as though your drive has been heavily used. It might just be dirty, in which case a drive cleaning kit purchased from a computer or video store might help. Or the drive may have given up the ghost, in which case it can be replaced with a new unit for anywhere from about $70 to $250, depending on what you buy, where you buy it, and whether you do the work yourself or have a technician do it. But try a cleaning kit first.
If you've recently performed an Apple software update or installed some new CD or DVD-related third party software, and the drive stopped working immediately afterward, then it's possible that the software you installed is responsible, or that you have a permissions problem as a result of the installation. Open Disk Utility (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility) and run its Repair Permissions function, then test the drive again. If that doesn't do the trick, reset the PRAM and test again. If you still have no joy, it may be time to think about replacing the drive.

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