I have one CD I burned in there at this time and it has done just fine, but this happened right after putting in two new ones that were not self-recorded. Like you, I don't see why it makes any difference. Sure shouldn't have anything to do with the thing breaking. And I didn't try to force-feed it before the little indicator lights showed it was ready to accept a new CD or anything like that. This was during totally normal operation.

Just wondering if it may be possible to retrieve them myself, and if that would possibly fix it (a jam or something?) without going through a repair shop.