Disc reading problems

My co-worker has a Mac Mini and is experiencing problems when he sticks in any burnt CD/DVD into his disc drive. Immediately the Mini begins to spin the disc and attempts to read it. Yet, after a few seconds the disc seems to stop, then re-spins and then stops, and repeats this process for up to 20+ minutes. His computer then locks up and after 20 minutes he finally gets the spinning wheel of death and is allowed to force quit. The event happens at random, because some CD/DVD's work just fine.
Does this sound like a hardware issue, or is there a fix out there that I can't find. I have been searching the forums, but no luck. Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks!
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Three thoughts come to mind:
abrody already mentioned the media. For a long time Apple only supported DVD-R- while in the PC world, DVD-R+ seemed to be more prevalent. Check the burnt DVDs to see if they are marked R- or R+
If any of the problem discs are music CDs they might have been burnt at a high speed. This is one issue that has me flummoxed. A few years ago I'd burn music CDs that would work in my car but not always in my wife's car. I tried all kinds of things and finally hit on burn speed. Burning music discs at a slower speed reliably made CDs my wife could use. Why a high speed burn creates a disc that some drives could read but others cannot is beyond me.
finally, verify that the issue isn't involving just burnt discs. Try a selection of commercial discs too. If any of them fail it would tend to indicate a hardware failure on the mini

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> Organization: UUNET
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