Optical drive won't burn DL dvd's

I dunno. It used to be more reliable before..... Optiarc stock dvd drive. says it can burn DVD+R DL, which I have a spindle of  right now (Verbatim Brand) . I've tried using "Burn" which worked for me before, and I start it up, put in the blank disc, and it just sits there and tells me it can't find a disc. Even just putting the disc in, should, hopefully,get some kinda reaction from my Mac Pro, but nothing. The OS is 10.7.5. with 6 Gigs of Ram, as far as I know, Burn is the latest version....
and Verbatim worked for me before...Haven't a clue at the moment. Funny thing though, when I used to click on "About this mac'  then "Storage", then the name and model # of the drive would come up, as well at what it would burn. Now it just says "Superdrive" and what it would burn. Weird, eh?
thanks for any help
John B

I can hear a scratching sound, like someone is scratching the disc with a needle.
The drive's head may be out of alignment.
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