Super Drive rejects all CDs

Starting today my iMac G4 has stopped accepting CDs. It could have started with the 10.4.2 update but I can't be certain. The drive reads/writes like normal using DVDs, but nothing with a CD. The drive will spin up, stop, spin, stop, spit CD.
Any ideas on fixing this problem. It shouldn't be a drive issue, I wouldn't think. More of a software fix. Thanks for any help you might be able to give.

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