I have a computer that is constantly burning out hard drives. I don't know if it's a virus but I suspect. Is it safe to salvage the cd-rom and sound and modem and other pci cards. I have heard of cmos viruses and boot virus checkers. So I think memory and bios and cmos can get viruses but I'm thinking I'm going to take the cd-rom and pci cards out of it for another computer. Does anyone know if cd-rom's and modems and sound cards can get viruses. thank you _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup 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