Poineer DVR-105 doesn't see media, doesn't spin

My problem is very similar to many that I have read here, but I thought that I would start a new posting just so that it’s easier to keep track of things. My DVD-R / RW stopped working a few days ago. It will not mount any blank media, DVD or CD, nor will it mount any pre recorded media, DVD or CD. Pushing the eject button on the keyboard opens and closes the drive just fine, It is still an option for burning in Toast Titanium 6. It is viewable in the System Profiler. If I hold the door open when I hit the eject button I can see that the green light comes on while the tray is in transit, but I can hear no sound coming from the drive that would indicate that is is even spinning. No disk images will show up on the desktop, and when attempting to burn with either DVD Studio pro 2 or Toast Titanium 6 it will spit the disk back out and then i will get a message that there is no disc in the tray.
My system is as follows:
Machine Model: Power Mac G4 (Mirror Door)
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.5.7f1
The Drive in question is as follows:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-105
Revision: 1.30
Serial Number: CDDL191530WL
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
I am running OS 10.3.9 and I have both the Superdrive and a Combodrive. Until the middle of last week the drive worked (the Combodrive works fine.) I have trashed the preferences, Run Disk Warrior, Restarted holding down Command S and run /sbin/fsck -f and then rebooted and repaired disk permissions. I have tried trashing the 4 or 5 preference files under my user library that have been suggested in other posts but did not see all of them. I have also tried creating a second account on my system to see if it would mount there with no luck. In addition to this I have done a clean install of the OS to try and deal with this, and some other problems that I have been having, all with no luck.
I am wondering if 10.3.9 is the culprit, as it seems to be a common denominator in other posts describing similar problems, or is the drive just dead? If the drive is dead can I replace it and maintain the same level of functionality?
I apologize for the length of this post but I want to make sure that all of the information represented a clearly as possible; I thank everyone in advance for any insight they might offer.
Duel 1.25 G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I had got a Pioneer DVR105 about 2 years ago and put it in the top Optical drive bay as I had read there were issues with Cooling and the drives not working mounted in the lower optical drive bay. It worked good.
then i had same issue with my Pioneer DVR105 about 14 months ago. I was desperate, I took the drive out of the Mac and actually took it apart and found a loose metal spring that had lodged itself (magnetized) to the reader arm which meant the drive would never mount any disc and would no longer read.
I got lucky, put the drive back to together and put the drive into an external FW case and POOF it worked.
I have kept the drive in that external FW case and it burns great ever since.
OWC sells the Pioneer DVR110D in a bundle for about $58 or drive only for about $53 and Newegg sells the drive OEM for about $40.
Newegg sells a ton of OEM products and can get products cheap as they get the stuff in bulk. I assume that OWC sells the bare drive for $13 more is you are buying it as Mac branded and you get OWC's top notch service. But for most people just buy the thing from Newegg. of course the Newegg Pioneer DVR110D drive is Just the drive...no software, no drivers, no cables, no screws...
only way I'd see it being $130 is if it was sold it setup in an external FW case with fan and power supply.
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