I had a very similar problem with my PC in the summer of 2004 and the only way I was able to fix this was to have the burner replaced (under warranty, thankfully). Depending on how much use your burner's seen in 5+ years, the laser could very well be on its last legs. They can just die with no notice or obvious symptoms, and five years is pretty long in the tooth.
Just my two centavos.
Tom
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Frankenbox III:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ *** MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 *** RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667
HDD: 2x WD 160GB, Seagate 320GB (640GB total) *** OPT: 2x Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners
PSU: Antec Basiq 500W *** GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x *** MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721
CASE: EvTek midtower *** SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 *** OS: XP Home SP3 *** ROUTER: Linksys WRT54GS
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