Important info for you who consider buying a plextor 16x10x40A

[shorin_ryu]

I'm the owner of that model.
This writer does NOT read subchannel data from DATA tracks.
It support read subchannel data from AUDIO tracks.
This means you are NOT able to backup colin mcrae rally 2,croc2,commandos BEL e.t.c(the list goes on & on whit games)
I know some of you dont believe me,heres the proof,because i mailed both plextor support BE/elby(clonecd team)

from elby(team clonecd):

Dear Mr ****.

Thank you for your inquiry.

Unfortunately, your writer is unable to copy subchannels from data tracks.You need a different reader when copying
protected CDs.

Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.

Kind regards

Frederik Padjen
Your Elaborate Bytes Team

*************************
####://www.elby.de

From PLEXTOR in BE:(i scipped some of the letter)

The subchannel data format used in some recording programs is not a standard
of this Orange book and not supported by Plextor(16x10x40A).

Copied/pasted(& translated into english) from clonecd3110:

Produsent: PLEXTOR
Modell: CD-R PX-W1610A
Versjon: 1.04
Can read CD-R Plater: y
Can read CD-RW Plater: y
Can read DVD Plater: no
Can read MultiSeksjons Plater: y
Can read Digitale Musikkplater: y
Digital Musikk Data is eksakt: y
Can burn CD-R Plater: y
Can burn CD-RW Plater: y
compatibel w/ CloneCD RAW-DAO: y
compatibel w/ CloneCD RAW-DAO Brennesimulering: NO
compatibel w/ CloneCD CD+G RAW-DAO: y
compatibel w/ CloneCD RAW-SAO: NO
Support BurnProof / JustLink: y

EXEPT from that^^the writer is just fantastic!

hope this may help some of you(i gave about $400 for my 16x10x40 and i'm *very frustrated*)
Go for plex 24x10x40

goodbye from Norway

[Gforce]

Does it really copy subchannel data info?
I paid a lot of money for a 12/10/32 and was dissapointed when I discovered that it couldn't copy subchannel data.
I don't want to make the same mistake again in buying a 24/10/32

[savagemyth]

Try using CloneCD instead - info from their help file :

My Plextor CD-ROM doesn't read SubChannel Data!
This is usually caused, because of a conflict between the Software "Plextor Manager" and CloneCD. To use CloneCD with Plextor CD-ROMs, you must uninstall Plextor Manager and reboot your computer. If you still have problems under Windows 95/98, make sure, that the file AUDIOFS.VXD is deleted from the WINDOWS/SYSTEM/IOSUBSYS directory.