CD & DVD Blanks do not mount for burn in OSX 10.6.6

This is an issue with 10.6.6 or possible earlier update. I can mount and burn CD's and DVD's using 10.6.0. I have a disk recovery firewire external harddrive that when I use for diagnosis and repair. This has 10.6.0 as its system. When booting from this system I have full mount and burn functionality. Reboot to the system on my iMac results in the problem below
I am unable to burn CD'd and DVD's. I insert the disk, it goes in and remains in but then - Nothing. My prefs are set to Ask what to do, but none of the pref options have any impact. I can then eject the disk using the eject button. Disk Utility and System Profiler shows the Optical drive as
Media:
Type: CD-R
Blank: Yes
Erasable: No
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes
Write Speeds: 8x, 16x, 24x
If I have a CD-R in the disk- so the drive is clearly identifying a blank.
Inserting a DVD+R returns
Type: DVD+R
ID: RICOHJPN R02
Blank: Yes
Erasable: No
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes
Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x
The optical drive is recognising the disk.
But the burn function is not booting.
This is independent of brand of disk. It loaded and burnt disks successfully previously and seems to be related to an OS update. I do this so rarely that I cant really date the start.
I am able to insert and read any type of burnt or recorded disks, CD's, DVD's and mount them.
Have repaired permissions and trashed anything that looks like a CD pref. Have the same problem on my wife's side so it looks like it is not limited to my user account but is a a high level system issue.

Funny, since the upgrade from 10.6.5. to 10.6.6. I too have problems with a formerly more or less perfect system.
Not my finder is freezing but I cannot read or write CD-RWs anymore and I've just discovered a data DVD which the MacMini will not read.
This was NOT the case before the update and it is not a problem with the CD's or DVD's as they can be read via an external drive.
What the **** have you done, Apple, to screw up my computer hardware through a software update?! Huh!?!?!?! FIX IT!!
(Really, I'm done with System upgrades. From now on, if the system runs well, no updates anymore. Not even if it's an "important security upgrade". Screw it. I'm speechless.

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