cd-rw's don't aren't recognized???

Try repairing permissions

This may sound strange:
I dicked around quite a bit with my new iBook when I got it. What happened: would not recognize CD-RW or CD-R's, clicking on "more info" in About This Mac Window" did nothing, DVD player would not launch whwn DVD inserted. I repaired permissions from the Jaguar CD and it fixed it. On my PowerBook, I was again messing with stuff I should have left alone: same symptoms. This time, repairing permissions did nothing: I had to re-install the OS. Luckily, I back-up apps, documents and prefs every week. because I know myself. Good Luck!

i used to have problems burning cd-rw's at home on my pc (before i had my quicksilver) and bringing them to school. i always worked on a quicksilver with superdrive running 9.2.1, none of the G4s would recognize them. they did the exact same thing. but when i put them in DV iMacs, the loaded up just fine. i never solved this problem. so if you find an answer to why this happens, please make sure to post.

Super Drive Issues

GOD I'M HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH MY G4 867 MHZ. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG! "Super"Drive my ass....