Optiarc DVD AD-7170A drives will not burn DVD's

My 2007 MacPro has (2) Optiarc DVD AD-7170A drives, and neither will burn a DVD. They each have Firmware Revision: 1.N8
I was able to find 2007 feeds regarding this problem - that I did not see get solved. Has anyone found a solution?
Many thanks,
Eliza

Solution: No, not really... but you can easily replace the drives with )correct) new ones.
SuperDrive DVD/CD & Blu-Ray for Apple Mac Pro XEON Models- Read/Write Faster + More Burn options!
This is what Other World Computing is offering and I've never known them to be wrong. Buy them wherever you want, but buy that spec and you should be good.
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