There was a post by someone having problems with certain CD's. I found this at the Windrivers site and thought I'd pass it along Brad Loomis Windows 98 causes problem w/ certain CD-ROMs (not a hardware problem!) by CP Edgin Many problems w/ IDE CD-ROMs under Windows 98 have been mis-diagnosed as a drive failure (such as erratic reads, spontaneous cd accesses, unreadable CDs, disappearing drive letters, etc.). Some IDE ATAPI CD-ROMs in the OEM channels are identifying themselves to the system as Ultra-DMA Mode 2. Windows 98 will automatically configure itself for DMA access on setup. This is the cause of the problems. This setting can be disabled by entering the device manager and selecting Properties for the CD-ROM and then clicking the Settings tab. Uncheck DMA and select OK. Windows will have to restart for the change to take effect. ----- **Need help with PCBUILD mailing list? Send an Email to:** Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> or Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>