plextor 8320 (or something like that)
 

My plextor drive (8x4x32) used to burn at 8x beautifully. But now, it will only burn at 4x max without having data loss or write errors. I have had it for about a year, but just in the last 4-6 months have I started to burn at 8x- how convenient that my warranty just expired!! Any help as to why?? The same thing happenned with my phillips 4x4x24 last year. Is it just me, or is there a pattern emerging here???