Why won't discs stay in the drive?

most of the time i put dvds or cds in the optical drive, it stays in for a couple of second and then automatically pops out. Is there a problem with the computer itself? and is there anything i can do to fix it? or does it need to be replaced?
Mac OS X (10.4.6)

If the DVD's it came with (i.e. Apple's own) won't stay in the drive then it's a call to Apple sadly

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