Arrrrggg! I can't take it - DVD error messages & wasted disc!

I'm sick of this - my super drive, while trying to burn backups of digital photos, goes through the entire burn process, burns the disc, only to give an error message 15 minutes later to the effect that the disc is unreliable, use a new one. This happens 2 out of 3 attempts while mysteriously the 1 out of 3 tries is successful. Also, 2 out of 3 times I put a blank DVD disc in it never shows up in the finder. I'm using the right disc (DVD-R 8x) and here's my drive info - please give me some helpful advice before I chuck my machine into the Chicago River!!!
SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A:
Firmware Revision: KAS7
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Media Type: DVD-R
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No

Hi,
The 'superdrive'(actually a Pioneer DVR-107) in my G5 Dual 2.0 was giving me problems similar to yours. My solution was to buy a Pioneer DVR-111, everything works like it should now. Oh, the price was about $35 for the new DVR and 15 minutes work installing it.
Go here to see Apple DIY instructions about how to do the swap:
http://www.apple.com/support/diy/
Regards,
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