Xbox disc tray won't open.

So, I have an original Xbox. I've had this problem for as long as I've owned it, where if there's no game in the tray, the tray won't open (when I press the open button, it just makes the whirring noise, and I can tell that it's trying to open, but it won't). Basically, this isn't a problem if I just never leave the tray empty. But unfortunately, I accidentally closed it last week with no disk in the tray. In the past when this has happened, I've just been able to fix it by persistantly pressing the open button a few dozen times, and eventually it would finally open. But I swear I've been doing it over a period of weeks, hundreds of times, to no avail. Does anybody know how I can fix this problem?

I have that problem with my console sometimes.

The disc tray has probably been knocked slightly (while in the open position) at some point. It'll be out of sync with the small rollers inside.

When the wheels get stuck, I just put a finger on the outside of the tray, and move left/right/up and down to shift it. Eventually, (sometimes straight away) it unsticks, and it's fine after that.

My xbox did that many times.... I simply gace it a "gentle" fist right over the dvd drive while it was trying to open, and presto! It worked every time, lol.

I got my Xbox from my brother in law it does this and many other things but hey it gets the job done anyways just hit it is what he said to do and so far for me and him it has seemed to work without ever damaging the system