Drive no longer reads CDs?

Hi, this is my first time at this site. A friend recommended I check a Mac-only forum to get some help.

My Powerbook's drive no longer reads CDs of any kind. It will still burn CDs and read DVDs, but any time I insert a CD I get the error message "You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore."

Has anyone had this problem? Should I just take it in to be repaired?

we need more detail.. what kind of cd's are you putting in? how long have you had your computer... has this been happening before? etc.. any other pertinent information you might want to add..

oh.. and welcome to the boards..

EY

we need more detail.. what kind of cd's are you putting in? how long have you had your computer... has this been happening before? etc.. any other pertinent information you might want to add..

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I purchased my computer in July of 2002. (Has it been that long? Eeesh.) I've tried both burned CDs and regular music CDs. It's never happened before, but it started about a week ago.

Um...I can't think of any other pertninent information.

Oh, and thanks for the welcome!

have you tried cleaning the lens with a laser lens cleaning disc? or have you tried repairing permissions? or resetting the pram?