G5 dual-core won't burn audio CDs

I have a brand new dual-core 2.0 Ghz G5. It won't burn audio CDs that play on any of my dedicated CD players.
The CD players are fine. In fact, I had a PB G4 that I used to burn CDs that play perfectly on all of them up until I got the G5. I have tried three different brands of CD-R media (Sony, Maxell, TDK - all of which worked just fine on the G4) to no avail. I've tried burning from both Toast and iTunes 6.0.1, at speeds as low as 2x. I even did a complete clean install of OS X and tried burning from a fresh user account (with iTunes 5.0.1). Same problem.
Here's what happens: the CD burns "successfully" in iTunes and Toast (no error messages), and it shows up on the desktop and in the iTunes menu and plays fine on my computer. But when I put it into a CD player and press play, it just spins around and around and doesn't ever start playing.
This is incredibly frustrating and I'm not sure what to do at this point. I have contacted Apple but they are hesitant to replace the optical drive. According to them, if it's burning CDs that play on my computer, then the drive is OK. They admitted that it might be more "sensitive" than my Powerbook's drive, and perhaps "incompatible" with my dedicated CD players. I asked them what the point of having a Superdrive is if it won't burn CDs that work on any dedicated CD players... well, the conversation got unpleasant after that.
If anyone has any ideas for how to troubleshoot this, or fix it, I'm all ears!
G5 2.0 dual-core   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   17" Apple LCD, iSight, Bluetooth Keyboard & Logitech Cordless Laser Mouse

I don't have the dual-core but experienced the same thing. I tried to burn a DVD after having my G5 for one year. It didn't burn the disk. I called Apple and no support for G5 not in warranty. I purchased a new DVD burner and didn't have any problems since. The old burner was a Sony, the new one a pioneer DVR 106D.
I recently purchased DL DVR Pioneer drive (DVR DL-110D) and I can't even put a CD in the drive to burn. Worst money I ever spent. Don't know how Apple is on support of the DL drives but I'm going back to the old DVR-106D!

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