Freezing when I put in a blank DVD

I am having a strange problem with blank media. Everytime I put a blank DVD or CD in my drive, I freezes my computer. If I eject the disc, it comes back to life. I can put in a disc with anything on it and the problem does not happen. The drive in Question is a Lite-On LH-20A1L Sata. I have an old lg dvd burner and it does not cause the same problem. I have already had the drive swaped by the retailer, so I doubt that I could have gotten 2 bad drives. I have turned off the auto play feature and I still did not help, It just freezes when I select the drive. I have a clean install of windows with all updates, I have not installed any burning programs or virtual drives, I have also updated all of the drivers, the bios and the firmware for the drive. Any help would be greatly appricated.

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Windows Xp Sp3 (updsted on 19-10-2008)
P4 3.4ghz (not overclocked), using a Gemini 2 cooler with 2 120mm fans, usual temp between 30-40 degrees c.
2 Gig pc3200 (matching)
500 Gig Sata HD, Segate
evga 7600gt 512mb video card (not overclocked)
Lite on super writer (as above)
Asus P5S800-VM Mother board