HI: my laptop is a older thinkpad 600e with a pcmcia texas Instrument pci-1251 card bus controller. the cd rom card is pcmcia citi/rom card for type 2 or 3 slots. operable with dos,win 95, and os2. I am running xp could this be the problem? Thanks, greg The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com