External drive bay opens instead of internal

I have an external LaCie DVD burner hooked up to my firewire.
When I try to burn a DVD using iDVD after hitting the Burn button
the Lacie drive bay door opens instead of the internal Apple drive.
This doesn't happen all the time. And the only way I've been getting
around this is to disconnect the firewire cable for the Lacie drive. I have no
problem burning to the LaCie drive using Toast. Anyone having similiar
problems, would appreciate any help resolving this issue
PowerPC G5   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   4 GB DDR SDRAM

Welcome to discussions, monk21:
I believe that with iDVD 5, you do need to turn the external off before the internal drive will be seen again.
And, if I am wrong (but I really don't think so)...someone will pop in here and tell you that I am
Sue

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