I had trouble with a HP cdrw also and HP told me to check the DMA box in the cdrom properties. Worked for me Joe .............You said.................................................. Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:36:45 -0600 From: Tom Simpson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: CD RW makes computer freez I'm having the same problem with an HP CD Writer. The computer is an AMD 333MHz with 192Mb of RAM, Windows ME, and a 2.5GB HD. Anytime you put a CD in (blank, software, or music media) the computer will "freeze". It doesn't give any error messages at all. The only way to "un-freeze" the computer is by ejecting the CD that's in the drive. I've already tried switching primary, secondary, master, and slave, but none of the configurations worked. I'm just wondering if some drives (the HP CD Writer in particular) require certain software from the manufacturer. I have not installed the software from HP because the disks were lost. I thought that it would, at least play a music CD though. I ordered the correct software from HP, but does anyone have any ideas about this freezing problem? _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml