Hi there, this issue seem to be rather strange, at least to me!
I've got an audio CD (Manu Chao - ...Próxima Estación... Esperanza), but it refuses to be read by my Plextor PX-716A (TLA 203, firmware 1.08). No program seems to be able to lists it contents without returning an error or wait forever. The orange LED on the front of the drive keeps flashing... endless. Copy protection? Well as far as I could see on the internet, the concerning audio CD hasn't got a kind of copy protection. To confirm that, my Plextor PX-W8432T, Plextor PX-116A and Toshiba SD-R2312 were actually able to read the audio CD. I haven't got any other examples of CDs which weren't readable...
It makes me think there's an issue with my Plextor PX-716A. If there's not, then the problem must be somewhere in the system differences, for example Windows 2000 versus XP. But I think that's pretty unlikely.
Any other ideas or similar experiences? Thanks!