After talking to plextor, looks like the drive is screwy. The best part is I bought on 08/26/05 at a cost of 130$. Whats it less than two weeks past the year warrenty. Needless to say I will not be buying another plextor product ever again!
Funny thing is I also bought a nec dvdrw that day and it still kicks a$$, 40$ is what it cost!
Plextor using that $ to make sure their drives fail just after the warrenty runs out? Job security!!!!:|