DVR-110D wont recognize blank media

Hi all, I just bought a dual core 2.0 machine and when I try to burn a disc with it, it won't recognize any blank media, either cd-r or dvd-r.
I put the blank in the tray and close it, and the machine seems to be trying to read the disc to figure out what it is, but after approx 60 seconds, the tray opens and i get a message saying to "insert a recordable disc"
The drive WILL read cds and dvds.
Here is the system profile description of the drive and my Mac:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D:
Firmware Revision: AA06
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.0)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 2.5 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
Serial Number: G85425W3R6U
G5 Dual Core Mac OS X (10.4.4) 2.5 gigs ram, 23" Cinema Display

I had the same issues, although mine recognised blank cd-r but not blank dvd-r and previously burned dvds. Called up AppleCare and found out that it may be a faulty drive, however, I didn't want to waste my time bringing the machine to the AppleStore for a replacement, so I just bought another dvd drive and replaced the old one. Sorry if this isn't helpful, but you may want to try other different kind of media before jumping into any conclusion.
Powerbook G4 15 1Ghz Alu & PowerMac G5 2.0ghz Dual Core 3GB RAM

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o loved playing a game planeshift and then they stopped supporting 10.2.8 so i went to buy the tiger install cd's. i already knew the Beige G3 was not a supported version of Os X on this system and you had to use xpostfacto 4 to install tiger on this system. so i did what i had to do to install tiger on the system and selected use old NDRV and selected to install tiger. which installed some files to boot tiger and rebooted yet again the Pionner drive refused to boot the install cd's . i got mad and held down the command option power key's for about 10 seconds and let off. the tiger installer booted and got to where it started to copy the files to the hdd and stalled out and the drive spun down never to spin back up or show signs of life so i powered down the system and removed the pioneer drive and put the stock 24x cdrom in and installed tiger.
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im just wondering what driver it would be causing a problem not allowing the Pioneer drive to work properly. cause its not the drive being bad cause it worked flawlessly in OS 9.2.2 and jaguar and in tiger in my friends digital audio G4
im just wondering if anyone might know what could be done to fix this problem cause i know it can be fixed but i don't know where to begin or how. so i ask you how could i begin to fix this
thank you all for baring with me and reading all this. i know i wrote allot but i had to explain what was going on before i could ask for help so you could better understand what was going on. i have already updated the firmware to the latest with no change the firmware use to be the old 1.11

yea i have along time ago and also made a update to xlr8's drive database. cause i fixed the problems with the drive in OS 9.2.2 (AKA no burn support with the built in burning app or iTunes, now have full support for burning with the finder burn and iTunes thanks to a edited PioneerCDR authoring support extension that someone edited for me. found out that the Apple CD/DVD driver extension was at fault for the locking up on wake up with hdd sleep enabled that started when i installed the Pioneer drive. fixed with intech CD/DVD speedtools 6.0).
When i did the first report on the drive database on xlr8yourmac i reported what problems i was having in OS 9.2.2 and i think i reported that i had no problems in jaguar, and was trying to obtain a driver or something to try to get it to work. but to no avail at first. after i fixed the problems i did a update report
in jaguar the drive had no problems but no burn support. installed patchburn and the drive worked 100% in jag no problems what so ever. im thinking it has somthing to do with one or all of the extensions with errors but i can be wrong.
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Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-105
Revision: 1.30
Serial Number: CDDL191530WL
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
I am running OS 10.3.9 and I have both the Superdrive and a Combodrive. Until the middle of last week the drive worked (the Combodrive works fine.) I have trashed the preferences, Run Disk Warrior, Restarted holding down Command S and run /sbin/fsck -f and then rebooted and repaired disk permissions. I have tried trashing the 4 or 5 preference files under my user library that have been suggested in other posts but did not see all of them. I have also tried creating a second account on my system to see if it would mount there with no luck. In addition to this I have done a clean install of the OS to try and deal with this, and some other problems that I have been having, all with no luck.
I am wondering if 10.3.9 is the culprit, as it seems to be a common denominator in other posts describing similar problems, or is the drive just dead? If the drive is dead can I replace it and maintain the same level of functionality?
I apologize for the length of this post but I want to make sure that all of the information represented a clearly as possible; I thank everyone in advance for any insight they might offer.
Duel 1.25 G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I had got a Pioneer DVR105 about 2 years ago and put it in the top Optical drive bay as I had read there were issues with Cooling and the drives not working mounted in the lower optical drive bay. It worked good.
then i had same issue with my Pioneer DVR105 about 14 months ago. I was desperate, I took the drive out of the Mac and actually took it apart and found a loose metal spring that had lodged itself (magnetized) to the reader arm which meant the drive would never mount any disc and would no longer read.
I got lucky, put the drive back to together and put the drive into an external FW case and POOF it worked.
I have kept the drive in that external FW case and it burns great ever since.
OWC sells the Pioneer DVR110D in a bundle for about $58 or drive only for about $53 and Newegg sells the drive OEM for about $40.
Newegg sells a ton of OEM products and can get products cheap as they get the stuff in bulk. I assume that OWC sells the bare drive for $13 more is you are buying it as Mac branded and you get OWC's top notch service. But for most people just buy the thing from Newegg. of course the Newegg Pioneer DVR110D drive is Just the drive...no software, no drivers, no cables, no screws...
only way I'd see it being $130 is if it was sold it setup in an external FW case with fan and power supply.
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Neo4 Plat Wont recognize any keyboard!

Just put my computer together
msi neo4 plat
1 gig(2x512) pc4400 mushkin
ati x800xl
audigy2 zs
AMD 3200+ Venice
OCZ power stream 520
It boots but it gets stuck on the the "hit del to enter bios" screen. Only thing is it wont recognize any keyboard i hook up to it, usb or serial.
This is my first msi board, decided to go with it over what i usually get, asus, so far im pretty disapointed.
Is this board faulty?
HELP PLZ!

Quote from: delirious? on 16-June-05, 15:51:22
took it out and reset bios. still nothing.
This thing wont even make it past the "platinum" screen. If i reset the bios sometimes it will make it to post but it still need to get into bios and without a keyboard im sol.
really thinking about returning this thing and getting something else thats not msi.
I had about the same issue with my platinum neo4. It had the battery at 2.2V (measured) and the bios showed 1.2V for the battery.
I wasn't able to save bios settings (blank screen when I did) and returned it to the shop. They're still investigating and probably give me some feedback tomorrow. I still want the same MSI board because it ran very smooth for about a week and hope this issue will be solved somehow.

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