No CD-RW burning on pre July 2004 dual 1.8GHz G5?

Hi!
After 2.5 years of using this G5 I recently tried burning an audio CD on a blank audio dedicated CD-RW disc and noticed that the drive doesn't recognize this as a blank disc. I tried two different brands from iTunes and Toast. The drive has so far burned dozens if not hundreds of DVDs and CDs without a single problem. Could it be that the built in drive of this model doesn't recognize Rewritables at all?
dual G5 1.8GHz

Not likely... My parents have the Dual 1.8GHz model (September 2003) and it burns rewritables just fine.
I'd say the more likely case is that your drive may have failed, especially if you've burned hundreds of discs.
First thing I'd try though is a CD/DVD lens cleaner. There may be a lot of dust inside the drive, or on the lens.

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I THANK YOU ALL for your assistance!
Peace.

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