La Cie external DVD burner not working with OSX 10.5.2

Every time I try to burn a DVD with my external drive I get an error message sayng that the connection is not stable. I have double checked all my connections and everything is fine yet I cannot burn DVDs or CDs. Any ideas????

I have had the burner for about 2 years and was working fine. Worked even after I upgraded to OSX 10.5. Tried to use it the other day, and this problem occurred. Not sure if it happened after the update to 10.5.2.

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