New MBP... won't accept CD-RW (high speed 24x)

Can anyone advise why my new MBP won't accept Memorex high speed CD-RWs... (24x) in fact, it's not the high speed issue bcuz I've tried a regular 4x CD-RW and it won't accept it either...
The error message is simply, your drive can not red this disk - then offers options to ignore or eject...
Any help is appreciated... Thanks in advance

Have you tried using other brands of CD-RW media besides Memorex? That would be a good first step to take if you haven't already done so.
Does the disc drive make any funny noises after you insert the disc or does it sound normal? If the drive sounds normal and reads every other type of media correctly, you may want to repair disk permissions and reboot, via the Disk Utility application. If that has no effect, reboot the computer and reset the SMC if you have to....its an easy process, as shown in this link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
In addition, make sure that you have the latest version of the SMC and EFI firmware, directly available from the downloads page here on Apple's support site.
If nothing else works, you could try backing up your files and reinstalling OS X, but I would get on the phone with Apple Support first. Since your computer is new, it shouldn't cost you anything. 90 days of complimentary telephone support come with every new Macintosh.
Good Luck.

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