Mid-2009 Mac Mini C2D - Can't Burn CD's

Everytime I burn a CD with Toast 10 I get this error, the drive is *PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS08*.
http://lulzimg.com/i03/030b7d09.png

That's not a particularly good sign. Try resetting the PRAM. Info here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

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