My PowerBook G4 SuperDrive don't burn CDs! Is it coz of dodgy firmware?

Hello there. My name is James. I have a Mac PowerBook G4 Laptop with Mac OSX v10.3.9.
My laptop has been great and trouble free for almost 3 years. But I recently let my little brother borrow it for a couple of weeks, whilst I was away, and now the SuperDrive don't burn discs at all! Not in Titanium, not in Jam or Disk Utility.
I recently got a confession out of him that he installed a firmware off the internet to let him watch multi-region DVDs. A firmware that was not from Apple, some dodgy one off a site.
I'm pretty sure that this is causing my laptop to stop burning discs, but the problem has only really come up, after I updated my OS to 10.3.9 the other day. (I had to wait an age for the update, because I only have dial-up! So I used my mum's broadband.)
So I'm thinking that the firmware he got worked fine for the version I had the OS at before the update, but now I've upgraded, it's stopped it working?
I don't really know, so I'm turning to you guys to see if you could offer any help or advice on how to sort my problem! Disk Utility and the others all come up saying they basically can't write to the drive.
Could anyone provide a link for me to get a proper Apple firmware for my laptop again? Or any help at all would be good
Thank you for your time. Look forward to the replies.
James

Hello, thanks for your replies.
I've been on the firmware site, followed the instructions and installed the right firmware (the proper Apple one for my 12inch)... But my drive still don't work!
It's weird... It was as soon as I updated the OS to 10.3.9.
It's so frustrating... I now have a drive that reads but doesn't burn, and it wasn't even my fault!
I'm still under warranty for my laptop (till April), but that's now buggered is it? All because of my little brother!
Is my only option now to get an external DVD drive and enclosure? .. Kind of detracts from the portablity of my laptop, don't ya think?
Any more help or views, please! Thank you for your time.
James

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Force Optical Power Calibration before burn is turned on in the preferences.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4251(0x0000109b). It happened on drive E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7563A on CDRW media at speed 10X.
**** Device Connectivity Tests ****
iPodService 11.0.5.5 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 11.0.5.5 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
Universal Serial Bus Controllers:
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A. Device is working properly.
No FireWire (IEEE 1394) Host Controller found.
Most Recent Devices Not Currently Connected:
iPod touch (5th generation) running firmware version 6.1.3
Serial Number: CCQL5E9GF4JW
iPhone 4S running firmware version 5.0.1
Serial Number: C36GQKB5DT9Y
**** Device Sync Tests ****
No iPod, iPhone, or iPad found.
Thank you in advance for your help!!!!!

I had a very similar problem, error 4251. (look in your log you will see that error) Since I finally fixed my problem, I thought I would see if I can help someone else.
What I found is that I lost burn ability in both iTunes AND Windows. Like you did. I did some digging and found that this wasn't hardware related at all. In fact, this boils down to a registry key getting messed up. (sigh) Yeah. It causes the system to get a bad 'handle'.
OK, here's what to try. Go to this Microsoft KB article. Scroll down and find the *manual* instructions for Vista. Delete the registry key that it specifies. Reboot. Now verify that you can burn in Windows. (If you have a RW disc, do a disc erase, or just try and burn from Windows Media Player.) If that is working now, you're on the right track.
Now the issue is that iTunes will still be broken. Go and install the latest Gear driver. (I know you may have done it, but do it again.) Now follow the intructions in this Apple KB article to verify the "GEARAspiWDM" info is back there in the registry. Now reboot. Try and burn in iTunes.
I hope this helps.

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