Pinching power wire under optical drive cage - BE CAREFUL!

Somehow one of the power wires got hooked around one of the optical drive cage catches and when I pushed the cage back, almost got clipped, so just wanted to put out a word of caution.
The wire's jacket got some nicks in it, but I didn't see any of the wire strands so I think it's ok...
SH
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Try a cleaning disc--that won't hurt and might help. I believe Best Buy and others carry these.
You might also want to shop around for an external optical drive--this might be a less expensive way to go.
I still have my original optical drive, which has been trouble free. It is a Matshita DVD-R UJ 85J with a firmware revision of FBZ8. Since yours and mine are different, the firmware revision is likely different too.
Everything else seems to be the same except for one thing--my "DVD Write" also shows "-R DL". I don't see that in yours. I think the "DL" may refer to dual layer, and I wonder if the discs that can't be read are DL discs?
Try the cleaner first--it may just be that the relevant laser is dirty.
Good luck!

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