Photo CD's Won't Mount on 14", but will on 12"...

I have two G4 Ibooks in two different locations, a 12" and a 14". Both are running 10.4.8 with adequate RAM and drive space. Both get regular maintenance (repair permissions, etc.)
But the 12" will mount Photo CD's burned on a Windows machine while the 14" will not mount these CD's. (I've tried many, not just one...) The drive spins and spins and eventually spits out the CD.
Yes. the 14" will mount install CD's, music CD's, and other data CD's. so the drive does work.
I can find no difference in settings between the two computers.
I have used an optical lens cleaner.
So....what's my next step in solving this mystery?
Thanks!
IBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Ruthny, welcome!
If you still have access to the PC, try burning at a slower speed or using a different brand of media.
You shouldn't have to do this, but the optical drives in Apple's notebooks can be fussy about media.
If that doesn't work and cleaning the lens doesn't work, then maybe the 14"s optical drive is just getting old and not working right any more.
An external, tray-loading firewire drive would probably be less fussy, more reliable, and more versatile with different media.

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