How do I get ITunes to recognize my burner???

I can't drag and drop songs into Toast anymore, and I can't burn from Itunes directly because ITunes won't recognize my burner.
Can anyone help me out? I can't get any songs off my computer and onto a CD!
Thanks!

Hi
I have no answers just more questions.
I too am unable to get my mac to recognize my external CD burner.
I cannot burn CD's with itunes or toast.
There are many posts about this problem occurring after upgrading from itunes 4.9 to 5. My problem started when I upgraded from 4.7 to 4.9. Reinstalling 4.7 did not repair the problem.
Toast tells me:
No CD Recorder found. Please check cables and power.
itunes tells me:
No supported Disk burners found
System Profile tells me that I have a mass storage device connected to the USB port but does not identify it as a CD burner. Perhaps this is the problem though I have no idea how to cure this.
USB Mass Storage
Vendor Name: La Cie
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Product ID 42497 ($a601)
Bus Power (mA): 500
I have looked for new drivers with no luck.
I have repaired permissions a gazillion times. I have tried Patchburn. I have tried replacing cables..... I tried some stuff in terminal, but I can't remember what.
I have used the Apple Hardware test disk. No cure, it just says
USB devices: present.
When I start up the computer the external burner seems to respond. There is a green light on the burner which flashes as the computer starts up. It eventually turns amber as if it can't properly connect to the computer. If I restart the computer while the burner turned on, it again goes through its flashing light sequence as if it recognizes the restart. It ends up with the amber light on again though.
I have been unable to burn CD's since march of this year. I made many posts back then but no one was able to help me. I did a search tonight to see if there was anything new because I desperately need to have a working burner. I can't even find my old posts.
Any solutions I have found all relate to Windows computers having itunes 5 problems. I can't find any mac solutions. As an mac owner and lover since purchasing a 128k mac, I find that incredibly annoying!
My husband wants me to buy a new external burner. It seems from the posts though that this will not necessarily solve the problem.
Can someone please help? There must be a cure.

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