Plextor USB drive slow read

[mmumma]

I last posted a question about this problem about a year ago, and the drive was fairly new then. I wanted to know if anyone knows anything new. I have a Plextor 24/10/40U USB drive hooked up to a USB2.0 connection. It writes great -- will write a whole disc in about a minute. But it takes 10-15 minutes to read a disk. I've tried automatic speeds and setting all speeds -- no effect. It really seems as though if there were a problem, it should WRITE more slowly than it reads. Any new ideas out there?

Thank you,

Mike Mumma