MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857 - Help! Won't recognise or burn cdrs/dvds.

Hi All,

I have a MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857 drive in my macbook pro. I've copied all the specs below. Basically my drive doesn't recognise any cdrs or dvdrs (these work on other macs fine). It also won't let me burn any cd's or dvds with toast or itunes. This is the same problem in Mac or bootcamp windows XP mode. The most i can do is occassionally rip a cd in itunes in either mac or pc mode. It hasn't worked for about a year now and i just gave up but my brother advised i post on here in case anyone can help. Any help would be greatly appreciated since it's really frustrating not being able to back up my stuff or run any cdrs etc.

Cheers,

Amr

OS X 10.4.11
2.16 Ghz Intel Core Duo
2gb 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
15' MBPro

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857:

Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857
Revision: HAEA
Serial Number:
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: Yes
OS9 Drivers: No
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857:

Firmware Revision: HAEA
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media:
Media Type: CD-R
Blank: Yes
Erasable: No
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes