"You have inserted a blank CD..."

Hi, first time poster here.
I've been reading here that some people have been having similar problems with CD's/DVD's, but mine is a little different.
Some CD's I've made of software USED to read and mount in my Superdrive, but now, some of them are detected by OS X as a "Blank CD" and then gives me the options of opening it in Finder, Disk Utility, ignoring it, eject it, etc. I know that the CD's are not blank and I have tested these CD's in other macs and they read and mount just fine.
Store bought music CD's and DVD's work but not these backup CD's of software.
I'm using Maxell CD's.
I have a feeling it was because of an OS X update. Possibly 10.4.5
Any suggestions?

bah! my imac is over a year and a half old. im sure i'll be paying a fortune to replace the drive now

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