> Thanks Mike, the CD is readable in my older machine, and it was read in
this
> machine. I 'ran' a screen saver on it and I got an error msg about color
> level (256) and after that it refused to read it again.

At the moment, it's hard to see a connection between loading a screen saver
and disabling a CD.

Tell me this:

When you place the CD in your drive, does the drive ever quiet down? I mean,
does the light ever stop blinking? Do you hear the drive spin up?

> I actually installed
> at least one program and a bunch of .scr's from it before the 'incident'.
I
> also can't install the CD of Radeon drivers for the board, so I'm using
the
> m/b onboard graphics till I swing another drive in.

Can you get on the the Internet? You certainly can download the drivers from
the web.

> Very frustrating when
> trying to build a better box instead of buying a corp. one from Dell
Gateway
> etc....

You have to weigh the frustration against the cost of a box from a manuf.
You don't have to build a "better box" _or_ buy from Dell or Gateway. Check
Pricewatch.com for links to smaller builders that will take more customized
orders.

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