Lacie d2 DVD+RW not mounting discs

Alright, I have a Lacie d2 DVD+RW burner. I bought it in november and it has worked perfectly since buying it.
Today I attempted to burn my first dual layer DVD, I author it in DSP 4 and then burn it using Toast 7.
So I attempted to do my first dual layer DVD burn when i was bombarded with errors from toast. Unfortunatly I cant remember what they were.
So I went and checked the file in DSP and noticed i did not switch the disc preferences to dual layer, so i fixed that and did a build again.
I went to do a burn using toast inserted my DVD and it did not reconize them as blanks.
So i did a reboot and tried inserting a blank DVD and it did not mount it, I tried putting in a normal DVD and it did not mount, I tried a CD, same thing.
So I tried a bunch of troubleshooting and nothing worked, installed all the latest firmware and still nothing. I've switched cables and still nothing.
The system profiler at work where this was going on, said everything was there and working, that is using PowerMac G5, 10.3.9
I've since taken the burner home and tried and still nothing works, at home im using iBook (10.4.8).
The system profiler at home says this,
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W162L:
Firmware Revision: LC03
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
Can anyone PLEASE HELP ME!
I need the burner, because the burner on my PowerMac G5 already died.

I am currently awaiting a email from Lacie to see what they think.
I am trying to see if this is a tower problem, Lacie problem, and if it was caused by the disc which I originally tried to burn (a Verbatium DVD+R DL).
I can still control the drive, making it eject, its just not even trying to read the discs.

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