CDs/DVDs Not Mounting

I fear my superdrive is failing again. In three years, this is the 3rd drive I've had--unfortunately it's now out of warranty.
I barely use the drive, but I seem to be going down a road that's familiar.
My Pioneer drive is recognized the hardware profile and by Patchburn, but putting any CD or DVD (even Apple's startup DVD) results in absolutely nothing mounting.
I've tried different users, I've tried zapping PRAM and throwing preferences out, but still no luck. I also haven't installed anything lately to prompt this.
Any thoughts for fixing this?
And if not, can anyone recommend a good EXTERNAL DVD burner that will work well with my G4 MDD? I'm not installing another internal one at this point...
- N

I put a Pioneer DVR-111D in my MDD G4, which came with only a Combo drive (now my 2nd optical drive). No problems with it, but then I'm running it in Tiger, which seems to make a big difference in component compatibility issues.
Those Pioneers are going for less than 50 bucks at numerous on-line retailers. External DVD burners are usually in 3 digits.

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