I believe you have the same drive as me, a bunch of people also seem to be having problem with the btc 32x drives reading new media. I've tried flashing to a 48x but the chipset appears to be different. I've read one thread with someone flashing to the 40x drive but i can't find the firmware yet. However they did say they had trouble reading the burnt cd's afterwards. Mine is a memorex 32maxx AK model that is made by btc. I'm afraid I have no solution at the moment other than to find newer btc firmware to try if possible. The other solution was to try sony (some drives by btc) that hasn't worked. If you know of any other manufactorers firware to try please let me know.