Sony DW U-10A won't read Apple Software DVDs-

This is on the iMac 17", OS X 10.3.9 Panther, 768MB RAM, 40+ gigs free HD space, no haxies, only Epson printer connected.
The internal Sony DW U-10A drive will read CDs, burn CDs, play movie DVDs and burn DVDs but for some reason will not 'see' Apple SW DVDs. (I haven't anyone else's to try.) I have tried iLife 04, the iMac's original install disk and my iBook's retail Tiger disk. Interestingly, after burning a SW DVD it hangs at 'verifying'. Having successfully burned it can't 'see' what it has burned to verify! The burning is successful, my iBook reads it OK.
When I put a SW DVD in, there is no spinning, no noise, just silence. Then the DVD gets ejected after about a minute. Disk Utility doesn't see the disk either. I can't even run HW test, (it's on the DVD!)
I have tried a head cleaner but that is a CD head cleaner, are DVD head cleaners different?
I have read all the stuff about the problems others are having with the Pioneer drives but nothing seems to apply here.
I have repaired permissions.
I have tried booting it from a 10.4.6 clone of my iBook on an external to do a disk repair but I get a big Ø (the other way round…) and spinning gear wheel(?)
Does anyone have any advice, tips or tricks to try? Unfortunately I can't pin this fault down to any particular time, this weekend is the first time I've loaded a SW DVD in months.
Any and all help appreciated.
Adrian
iBook G4 1.07GHz, 30 GB, AE, 768mb; & iMac 17" 'igloo' G4:768mb 80 GB (10.3.9)   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Belkin WiFi F5D7632, Epson C86, Shredder! Oh, and the iMac's got a droopy arm…

Hi Adam,
Thanks for the suggestion, no dice I'm afraid.
Yesterday I downloaded and reinstalled the 10.3.9 combo. Ran permissions and a safe boot. No Apple SW DVD read.
Today, first I did a disk repair from the retail Panther CD 1, no repairs were made. (I ran it twice just to be sure).
I then did as you suggested with iMacs original install DVD (Jaguar) in the iBook's drive, the iBook in Target disk mode and restarted the iMac holding the Option key. The iMac saw the iBook's Tiger drive, the Jaguar disk and obviously, it's own Panther drive as possible start ups. I chose the Jaguar disk, though I was expecting AHT to come up as an option.
After a long time on the spinning gear wheel I eventually got the Ø (inverted) sign with the wheel spinning endlessly.
So the iMac will not 'see' SW DVDs no matter whose drive they are in. Nor, (see my OP) will it boot from a clone of of another OS, even though it sees it as a bootable option!
Curiouser & curiouser…
Unless you or anyone else has any further advice I'm drawing a blank here I think. If I can pry 'the other half' away from 'her' iMac long enough I'm going to try a back-up, erase and install of Panther as that's the only OS I've got on CD. I think I've got 40+ GB free on my external.
Thanks again for you help,
Adrian
iBook G4 1.07GHz, 30 GB, AE, 768mb; & iMac 17" 'igloo' G4:768mb 80 GB (10.3.9)   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Belkin WiFi F5D7632, Epson C86, Shredder! Oh, and the iMac's got a droopy arm…

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