Is my dvd drive dead ?

[superduperdom]

I have a macbook pro 2009. I've barely used the drive.
Tried to pop in a disc today and nada ... zilch. The disc won't enter the slot. I don't think any disc is in there, tried
ejecting in case.No activity at all. Is it rigor mortis and a trip to the Genius Pub ? Any way to check if my drive has silently passed away. I had to replace my white macbook's drive last year so I'm starting to think they're all a bit c**p.

 

[Neo-Tech]

Try booting up with the mouse click pressed, as in, turn off the computer, hold down click and turn it on and keep it held down till the spinny thing comes up.