Your burner should work fine with those blanks, but maybe it has worn out or developed a fault. Does still read burned discs?
I guess all you can try now is:
finding older 8x rated blanks;
DVD-R (notice it's "minus R") media to see if it recognizes that type of disc;
looking for a new burner.
For the media, Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden are high quality brands that should work with any burner.