Is there a way to verify that the dvd drive is acting up?

I think my dvd drive is on the fritz, but I'd like to somehow verify that before I take it into an apple store (it's still under apple care).
Not too long ago I noticed that when I ripped cds with the drive, then there would be some cracks and pops during the quiet parts of the resulting mp3s. (well, at least it was more noticeable during the quiet parts.) I would not encounter this problem when I then ripped the same cds with an external drive.
dvds play fine, but when I attempt to burn dvds (using Toast), I often get a "bad sector" error during the verification step. And then when I try to watch the dvd it will play for a little bit but then pause (although I can sometimes jump ahead and have it play fine).
The drive is the UJ-845E one.
Is there diagnostic thing that I can run that will say "hey dude, your dvd drive has this problem: ..."?
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You will find that more often than not the problem is simply the use of Bad Cheap Incompatible Media.
There are 2 handfulls of media manufactures out there and of them only 2 or 3 are what I consider Excellent. The rest are JUNK.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
If your Optical Media will play CD's and DVD's Commercial Music, and Commercial Movies.
And will burn then 9 times out of 10 the problem like you describe is from Bad Media you are using.
I find that using Maxell 16X DVD-R media that comes in the individual jewel cases are outstanding.
Reason this media 1st is DVD-R and is recognizable by 93 to 94% of all players and computers.
2nd it is rated as one of those of highest quality.
3rd This media will burn at 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, meaning you don't have to look for older media that matches your or other slower Burners. It will simply work.
Next with the technology always changing be sure you have Toast 7 or higher to avoid problems, I personally prefer Popcorn.
There is a lot to learn and many tricks to learn as well to avoid problems with your burn.
You have just learned the most important.

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