Greetings, I've been running a self-built desktop system in my home for 3+ years. It is built around an Abit BH6 board, runs W2k Pro sp4, is generally stable. I have a couple hard drives on the first IDE channel. I have a an old Samsung SW-206 CD-RW as Master and an older BCD 40XH CD-ROM as slave on the second IDE channel. The CD-RW, which used to work OK will no longer recognize a CD volume. I insert a CD, the read light blinks, but no volume/files are detected. I've shuffled several CD's from the CD-ROM to the CD-RW: they are all recognized by the CD- ROM, none are recognized by the CD-RW. It's as if there were no CD in the CD-RW device. W2k says the CD-RW "is working properly". I have uninstalled/reinstalled the (Windoze) driver, and tried 3 different ribbon cables, checking the connections very carefully. Not sure where to go from here. Any/all advice/suggestions would be much appreciated. Cheers, David *-----------------------------------------------------------------* *- David Nasser [log in to unmask] -* *-----------------------------------------------------------------* --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.555 / Virus Database: 347 - Release Date: 12/23/2003 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