My LaCie external  CD-DVD burner no longer reads DVDs

Hello
Since the upd my iMac Intel to snowleopard (now 10.6.4) my LaCie external burner (d2) (DVD 16 x 56 x CD, DVD DL) will no longer play a DVD (blank, burned or commercial).
We hear some clicking then nothing ...
The problem also exists on the MacBook of my son.
The profile is well in the file "VendorSupport.drprofile" and it is well recognized in System Profiler and Disk Utility.
The burner box fitted to the LaCie is NEC 3520 A.
The power supply seems to work. The connector type is USB 2.0 or FW 400 in the selection and reading problem arises in both.
The CDs are well read and burned (CD-R and RW).
I confess to being a bit lost to this phenomenon ...
Ideas?
Thank you in advance
Jacques

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