LaCie d2 DVD Burner Does Not Read Discs

Anyone experienced a similar problem or have a solution?
I've just bought a LaCie d2 16X DVD burner w/ Lightscribe and have it connected through firewire to my 1Ghz iBook G4 running OS 10.4.7
iTunes 6 and Toast Titanium 7 recognize the burner, but when I insert a blank CD or DVD the burner doesn't read it and I get a 'no disc' message in Toast.
Neither burner nor discs appear on the desktop.
I've tried installing the latest LaCie Update Tool firmware from their website, but I just get the following message when I run it: "LaCie DVD Update Tool found a DVD drive CD/DVDW SH-S162L but there is no update available. (The firmware is at vLC00)."
That doesn't sound right. I've tried with a USB 2 hook-up and it still doesn't work.
Anyone know of any way to get the burner to recognize blank media? (I've tried it with different brands, being very careful that the disc is positioned in the middle of the tray. Nothing works).
Thanks.
Jake B
iBook G4 1Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

1. You wrote: "I've experimented with multiple media, all to no avail."Yes, but you did not respond to point 1 in my last post: what media is supported?
2. You wrote: "Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)."You might want to take a look at the items concerning "burn support" on this XLR8YourMac page. In situations like this, sometimes one can burn from the iApps (iTunes, iDVD, etc.) but not from Finder or Disk Utility. I've not found specific documentation on that value, but I believe it means that the device can burn discs (Yes) but the method is not one supported in Mac OS X, i.e. it's not listed as a supported device in the DiscReording Framework.
Many folks have had luck getting their unsuported external optical drives to working with Patchburn. I've not used it, but it has helped innumerable folks.
3. You wrote: "I'm ready to send this lemon back."I don't blame you. However, you may first want to give LaCie Support a call. See this page for their phone number and hours.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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