Why won't my internal MATSHITA DVD-RAM LF-D211A mount a blank disc or burn one?

Why won't my Dual Processor 500 MHz PowerPC G4, with 2 GB SDRAM, running Mac OS X ver. 10.4.11, equipped with an internally mounted MATSHITA DVD-RAM LF-D211A Drive mount or burn a blank CD, DVD-R, or DVD-Ram disc?
The System Profiler reports as follows:
MATSHITA DVD-RAM LF-D211A:
  Firmware Revision: A109
  Interconnect: ATAPI
  Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
  Profile Path: None
  Cache: 1024 KB
  Reads DVD: Yes
  CD-Write:
  DVD-Write: -RAM
  Burn Underrun Protection CD: No
  Burn Underrun Protection DVD: No
  Write Strategies:
  Media: No
What is wrong?
Can it be corrected?
If so, how can I correct it?

I had that machine (PowerMac G4, DP500, Gigabit Ethernet). Expensive and bleeding edge at the time, but the optical drive proved to be of very limited utility. The DVD-RAM will burn only Type 1 and Type 2 DVD-RAM discs. It should also mount and give read-access to Type 1 and Type 2 DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM (including DVD-Video), DVD-R that you've burned on another machine, and CD discs. Here's a long-ago archived info sheet on DVD-RAM technology: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3072.
When prices for optical drives came down, I replaced the DVD-RAM drive with a more conventional CD/DVD burner.

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