DVD Drive not working, even new one

Hi! I have a PB G4 1.5 Ghz, Mac OSX 10.4.11, 4 years old piece (perhaps a little more). Everything has been fine until recetly my DVD Drive just refused to work. Doesnt read/write etc. Funny since I wrote a DVD, when I inserted teh next one, it stopped working. I tried all efforts mentioned at Apple support, then considered the drive dead.
I bought a new external LaCie DVD Burner. But after a coupel of weeks, that too has stopped working. I am wondering if there is something corrupted in the OS that prevents DVD drives from fucntioning properly. Anyone c an throw light on this one?

hello... any advice anyone?

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