Superdrive won't some disks or burn them

there is 3 times that AppleCare change it, but problem still present... when I try to burn a disk, disk utility says that It was unable to fix power level of laser.... if I put this disk in an imac, I see an empty disk and I can burn it without problems.
has somebody a similar problem, because each time, I loose temporality mi mac pro 4 or five days, and I can live without, because I need my mac pro, to support our custommers.

but past superdrives didn't worked on another mac
Previously you placed the drive (not just the blank disk) into another computer and it did not work there. Now you placed the drive into another computer and it did work?
This would indicate a problem with software or possibly another piece of hardware in your mac. Have you tried making a new user account and seeing if the problem exists there? You may also want to try archive and install of the operating system.

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