imac dvd drive busted?

[gimmeiphone]

for some reason my imac drive has decided it cant write to dual layer discs anymore, insert disc, odd ticking sound for a few seconds then i get medium write errors in disk utility, and tracking servo error etc in imgburn, is it broken?

 

[Vylen]

Probably..

What model iMac?

 

[eXan]

At least yours can still read DVDs

 

[gimmeiphone]

21.5" 3.06ghz