New DC sees Boot Disc & backups as audio CDs? 2 many coasters!

[CyberZer0]

First of all, I've thouroghly tried every option I could before coming here & have a respectable pile of 20+ coaster. Also, I've "followed" the DC scene for some time now, but I've only recently (3 days ago) purchased a DC, so I'm FINALLY going to try to do something. First of all, the DC is brand new, & has the manufacturing date printed on it as being December 2000. I'm using an ATAPI (EIDE) Plextor Plexwriter 12x10x32 (Which I hear is nearly the best for this) and have tried *EVERYTHING* I know how to get anything to work. I've used DiscJuggler v2 & v3, Nero, etc & I can't even get a Utopia Boot CD to work! The Utopia CD was an obvious 1st choice for this because it is a samll, fast burn to test & see if it can self-boot, although I have tried other boot CDs & games such as Crazy Taxi 2 (Eurasia, JAP) & the Nero Utopia Boot CD. I was instructed to leave all settings alone in DJ & Nero because the CDI/NRG images set them automatically. After burning over 20 coasters, I have not gotten 1 single successfull boot. The DC ALWAYS goes straight to the "CD Player" screen. I have tried everything over again on various media brands like Imation (3M), TDK, Verbatim (Dark blue, recommended in the DC backup channels) & Prime Peripherals, but they all render the same results. Am I missing something? Does anyone have a newer DC or one of the same manufacturing date that can play backups? Has anyone else been able to make a working backup with a Plextor 12x10x32 drive (I know this drive supports everything required)? I've been told that this is caused by the media used, but the same people recommended the Verbatim CDs that still don't work. All my friends are waiting for this Any suggestions?