Wont read DVDs or Burn Cds

Hi,
Ive been having troble with my Combo Drive. It has 5GB space left on the Hard Drive, and whenever I put in a DVD it will make wierd noises, then eject the dvd. what can I do?

See this thread
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Notebook-PC-questions/DVD-CD-won-t-play-on-dv6-laptop/td-p/325404

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