Have you tried updating the drivers? Just a guess. This happened to me once with the cdrom, it just disappeared. Another thing to check for would be viruses. Make sure the virus definitions are up to date and do a full scan. These are just a couple of things off the top of my head, it's late here so I can't think straight. Hope it helps though. Michele Sayer. PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>