16X DVDs won't read

I have a G5 PowerMac (latest version I believe). It came with a SONY DVD RW DW-U21A installed. I tried replacing it with a Memorex DVD unit to be able to use 16x DVDs. It still won't read 16x DVDs even though the Memorex DVD drive will burn an dread them just fine in a PC. Is there a special drive that I need or is it a matter of the G5 not being able to read 16x no matter what?

I think you've got the same "software fault" that's affecting a number of us at the moment.. I'm was trying to log this with Apple but I'm just out of support so they won't help.. They wont even acknowledge my question.. Search on "DVD not reading blank media" or similar..

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