Why doesn't my cd drive accept disks or eject them?

I recently tried to use the CD drive on my MacBook Pro, and it has been a while since I last remember using it, but when I tried to put a cd in, it wasnt automatically drawn in as I pushed it in most of the way. At first I didn't notice the cd drive was not drawing the disk in, and I shoved it all the way in, and it wouldn't eject either, so I had to pull it out. I restarted my computer and the drive still doesnt work. My battery says service battery, but I don't really think that has anything to do with the cd drive.

Sounds like the optical (CD/DVD) drive may have failed, do you hear it cycle when you start the computer? You should also replace the battery if it says service.
You can have it checked for free at a genius bar. then they will give you a repair price, or you can buy a USB drive.

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