>>Don't CD drives just die after awhile? > >Makes sense...but, the timing is never...well, you know the rest...I >have been considering upgrading to a pioneer that will also right >dvds... Oh, well, I guess I'll have to wait a little longer for the dvd writer, the blast of compressed air did the trick...at least for now...there may be hope yet that it'll just die...;-) -- -------------------------------------------- "Come to Desert Hot Springs, where the water's hot and the people are cool." God bless, Paul E. Miller