Greg Swallow wrote: > One quick try before I hit the sack and this seems to have done it. [ide=nodma] Odd. I don't see any mention of your chipset or IDE adapter (or are you running SCSI?). I'm running with dual Celeron 433s (so the same core) on an Abit BP6 (BX based board), and have never had any problems with the built-in Intel IDE adapters. You might also care to try the nocddma option to just turn off DMA for your CD drives. James. -- James Wilkinson | 'Short for "Sic Transit Gloria Humanorum", which is Exeter Devon UK | Latin for "There goes the neighbourhood!"' E-mail address: james | -- Menno Willemse @westexe.demon.co.uk |