Burned CD's not playable on standard CD players

When I burn an audio CD, either from Toast 9 or from iTunes, that CD will not play on a regular CD player. Computers recognize and play it fine, and CD players will actually recognize the disk, but they will not play it. I've tried different formats, settings, etc., but no luck. Now I'm wondering if it is just a problem with the DVD/CD writer installed in my PM G5 dual 2.3. The drive is listed as "HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4165B" -- is that the original drive? Maybe it's due to be replaced? Maybe needs a firmware upgrade (firmware rev is C006)? Any ideas?
Thx!

BTW, burned DVD's seem to be just fine. It only seems to be CD's that are a problem.

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QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.12.20
Apple Application Support 1.5.2
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Apple Mobile Device 3.4.1.2
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.57.0.0
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Gracenote SDK 1.9.1.485
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.1.102
Gracenote Submit 1.9.1.133
Gracenote DSP 1.9.1.43
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