Plextor 8x 4x 32 drive and firmware quessy

[Spliffman]

Hi all,

I`m a bit of a newbie when it comes to CD "backing up" :-) and i have recently purchased the above drive. After burning a number of coasters from it (making an image in CDR Win then having patched the games using PPF-O-Matic) i am starting to regret buying it.

Does anyone think I should try and swap this drive with a Yamaha SCSI or a Plextor Burn Proof drive.

Also, (though I cant remember where I read it) does the firmware upgrade for the 8x4x32x have a detrimental effect of the success of backing up origial PSX games?

Thanks in advance peeps.