I think I have a spare drive too, if you want?
My clamshell did this after I dropped it one time too many. Then the bezel broke off. Had to tape it with a block of... foam? can't remember.... It read CDs just fine, though. I used it that way pretty much until it fell apart in 2005. Of course, I had moved on to a PC by then (but not for long! I got a MacBook for my 18th birthday about 1-1/2 years later).
Didn't realize this was a common problem. I figured it was simply a result of my dropping the thing so much.
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