Just thought i put out a warning about an old atapi cdrom: goldstar 8X 580B. When the packages install begins it simply shuts down and dies. the screen handling the cdrom outputs something like "lost irq" So if yer having a goldstar cdrom maybe it is whats making yer day so messy :) /Jimmi ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com