Won't mount CDs/DVDs, Automatically Ejects

I just got this brand new Macbook Aluminum. CD drive worked perfectly until the other day when I tried making a disk image. Now whenever I insert a CD, any CD, my notebook whirs for a minute or so and then ejects the CD without mounting it. I've tried everything in Apple support, repairing disk permissions, and booting up directly from CD. These CDs work on other computers but not on mine. Any ideas for something I could try, or does it sound like a problem with the hardware?

Thanks for your help... It had already been updated and I had selected what I wanted to do when inserting a CD. I brought it into the Apple store today and they said the drive was faulty and replaced the whole computer. It looks like it was a hardware issue, not a software one. Hopefully this one won't break so soon...

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