Can't burn cd's anymore w/ iTunes 8.1

I used to burn CD's when I fist bought my iMac in early 2008, Now I guess w/ iTunes 8.1 can't not burn from a playlist. I bought Maxwell CD-R & Memorex CD-R (which I used to burn CD's before on) I've read everything posted on the Apple Discussion and on Google *** is going on APPLE ?

OK I trying burn a CD from the finder, that didn't work I got this message "Burning the disc failed becuz communication to the disc drive failed, tried the 2nd time I got this message "The disc can't be burned becuz the devise failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media"
OK now what ? I have Apple support calling me on 5/26/09 let's see what they say. I'm pulmonary Handicapped so I can just bring my computer to an Apple store, I need someone to come out to my place to work on it, if Apple tech support can't help

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The following is from the Mac Help:
I can't burn a CD or DVD
If you can't burn files on a recordable disc, see if the surface of the disc is smeared or dirty. Clean the disc with a soft, damp cloth and try again. If the disc is scratched, try another disc.
Try using a disc made for a slower recording speed, such as 2x or 4x instead of 8x.
If you still can't burn a disc, either you don't have an optical drive that can record discs, or your disc may already have files on it and can't be used again.
Check to see what type of disc you have. If your disc is CD-R or DVD-R, you can't erase files contained on it or burn more data on the disc. If the disc is rewritable, you need to erase the disc with Disk Utility before you can record on it again. For more information, open Disk Utility, (in the /Applications/Utilities folder), choose Help>Disk Utility Help, and search for "erasing discs."
To see if an optical drive can burn discs:
Open System Profiler, located in /Applications/Utilities.
Select Disc Burning in the Hardware list.
If more than disc drive is connected to your computer, select the one you want to use from the list of drives.
Look at the entries for "CD-Write" and "DVD-Write."
If the entry contains "-R," your computer can write to a CD-R or DVD-R only once. If the entry contains "-RW," your computer can erase a CD-RW or DVD-RW and write to it again.
If you are using an application such as iDVD to create a custom disc, check the application's help for more information and instructions.
If you are trying to perform multisession burning (burning data to a disc in more than one session until the disc is full), you must use Disk Utility. See Disk Utility Help for more information.
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You can copy, rip or import the music on a CD into your computer, using iTunes. iTunes will then list all the music you have on your computer.
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Dear Apple Support,
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I've got exactely the same problem and I have no solution at the moment.
Is there someone who could help us, please?
Thanks !
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