I've not run into that problem but I think I read it did happen on some units.
Go to the Plextor site and upgrade to the latest firmware for the drive and it
should take care of it.

HTH,

Jose

Peter Shkabara wrote:

> My HP 7200i CDRW gave up after just a bit over a year, and I could not get
> any support from HP. Based on reviews and on feedback from this list, I
> purchased a Plextor 12/10/32 drive as a replacement. I agree that it works
> well for writing CDs. However, I did run into one problem. There were a
> couple of data disks that it refused to read. When I put those disks into my
> old 2x drive, they read without a hitch. These were disks of commercial
> software (a Cannon inkjet software package). Anyone else run into read
> problems with the Plextor?
>
> To be fair, this trouble is not unique to Plextor. I have seen it before
> with other drives that were not even writers.
>
> Peter Shkabara
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> -----Original Message-----
> As an added note, it works. I have a Plextor 12/10/32A and have yet to make
> a
> coaster on any type or recording, data or sound. I have even forced 12X
> writes
> to non- 12X blanks and the thing slows itself down by itself and starts and
> stops the laser till the buffer fills again, very cool.
>
> Jose
>
> Mark Rode wrote:
>
> > In the last couple of weeks there has been a number of threads about CDRW
> > (read write)  burners, the advantages of SCSI verses IDE, and the coaster
> > problems that everybody occasional runs into using a CD burner. A new
> > technology developed by SANYO may soon end the widely accepted < SCSI is
> > better > for burners rule and the < Buffer Underrun > problem that plagues
> > IDE devices.

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