I-tunes 5 burning bug?

I Installed i-tunes 5 today and all was well until I tried to burn a playlist. Using previously compatible cdr at maximum speed I had no problems with previous version. However i-tunes 5 won't complete a burn and gives me the message: The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media. (Amongst other things).
Have tried a lower speed, have tried a different playlist.
Computer (i-tunes 5) says 'no'.
Any ideas what this means and how to fix?

Don't just reinstall - cleanly reinstall. Go to Da Gopha, "iTfW: stepwise clean uninstallation of iTunes", 09:51am Apr 5, 2005 CDT and that should help. It solved my problems!

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