Read/write dvd's but not cd's

Does anyone have insight about this problem. When trying to burn a cd I get error codes like:
Sense Key=Medium Error
Sense Code = 0x0C
Write Error
There is no problem with DVD's, only cd's.
I have a Mac Pro with the built in Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-111D.
I'm thinking I need to bring it in for repair but I don't know.
Thanks,
Charlie

Hi, I am having a similar problem to the above writer. Just recently my drive has stopped recognising CDs, including commercial ones with music or photos. The drive just makes an initial sound then whirrs for a while and stops. No disc image shows on desktop. DVDs are read perfectly. However I have had a problem trying to burn a DVD where a similar message to above writer appeared.
This is not about the quality of disc inserted I do not think since this is commercial music discs which work in other machines?
Any ideas?

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