Unable to burn any brand of DVD-R

Anybody have this problem (and solution?)? I have been trying all different brands of DVD's: Verbatim, Maxell, Memorex, Fujii, TDK using Toast Titanium. I tried to burn disk images and DVD-Video from VIDEO-TS and I keep getting, no matter the brand, the immediate indication "Writing Lead-Out" followed by a dialogue box saying "the disc failed to be written". I've tried using disk utility and it does not work either. It does not seem be the brand. Any suggestions or work arounds? Ihave been using DVD-R.

hi ben--
the first thing i would do is booting to open firmware holding apple-option-o-f and typing in the following commands--
reset-nvram (hit return)
set-defaults (hit return)
reset-all (hit return)
the last command will restart the computer. if that does nothing i would reset the pmu/smu. i do not know your exact model. instructions should be in your user guide. button is usually on the bottom left of the logic board. you have to ground yourself, press it once counting one one thousand, and then let go. some of the newer power macs reset it by simply unplugging the power cord from the power supply at the back of the machine for a couple minutes. hope that works. [ 8 ) ]

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