Mac Won T Recognize Blank Cd

DVD preferences and it says it will ask what to do if I insert a blank CD. ...

However, when I put a cd in the drive, be it blank, music, or software, I hear a little spinning, then silence, and nothing comes up on my screen, no icon on the desktop, nothing. ...

r disc inside the drive and then restarted and I got a message saying that "osx couldn't recognize the disc inserted." I can however insert an already burned dvd or cdr and then everything is recognized and it plays fine. ...