HELP! macbook won't recognize a CD

[raidair21]

so i grabbed "Now thats what i call christmas vol 3." today in the store, come home, pop it in my mac, and it makes a bunch of noise but then spits it back out.

edit: i tried this with some older CDs and it doesn't recognize them either... any help?

 

[eric]

have you tried to reboot?

has the drive ever worked?

 

[raidair21]

ive definitely watched DVDs on it, and im about 90% sure ive burned CDs on it before too.

when you say reboot, do you mean just turn it off/turn it back on again? or something different?

 

[eric]

yeah, shut it down normally, then power it back up.

once logged on, try loading a cd again.

 

[raidair21]

didnt work. im gonna call apple in the morning, i looked on the website but couldnt find any updates for the cdrom drive. anything else to try and do?