Mine worked fine as well, maybe it's the program your using. In the begining I used Nero (older version)some of the Cd's didn't work. But when I updated to Nero 5.x something the cd's work with out a problem. The problem can also be the media, If you use those cheap CD's they seem to acted wierd. I've notice if you toss a CD label on it it makes it work better (sometimes)

hope any of this help

Mike