Disk Drive Problems

Hey if any of you guys can help it'd be great!
The Disk Drive(SuperDrive(UJ-815) in my pb g4 17" 1Ghz(Aluminum) just completely stopped reading and writing anything. In the middle of a burn, it just stopped, ejected, and now it doesnt read or write CDs or DVDs of any kind. This has obviously become very frustrating. It will suck in the disc, make the usual reading noises, then spit it out. It doesnt flash any "cannot read disc" or "blank disc has been inserted" warning. It just takes, tries(makes those reading noises), and ejects. I heard something about UJ-815's being unable to burn 8x DVD Media, and I have already burned 3 or so DVD's at 8x. Does this damage my drive? Oh, I also cannot boot from disks at startup...:(
Cheers!

This drive will only write at 1x. It doesn't matter what write speed the discs are capable of.
Try the suggestions in this document. If nothing there works, it's probably time to replace the drive.

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xl wrote:
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