IDVD 6 does not recognize superdrive

I have a G4 with the Pioneer 109 dvd burner. In iDVD 5 I had no problem with it recognizing this drive. Now iDVD 6 won't recognize this drive. How do I fix this problem?
G4 400 AGP graphics upgraded to 1GHZ & Radeon 8500 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I have just installed a Matshita DVD-RAM SW-9585 Superdrive in my G5, but iLife '06 does not recognise it. Under the ATA it says:
ATA-6 Bus:
Vendor ID: 0x106b
Device ID: 0x0043
Revision ID: 0x0000
MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9585:
Manufacturer: MATSHITA
Model: MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9585
Revision: B100
Serial Number:
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Not Supported
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
I realise it says 'Disc Burning Not Supported', but surely I can write DVD's somehow from my iDVD '06 software - can anyone help me?
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) PowerPC 970 (2.2) 1.25 GB memory

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