You have a cartridge in the drive? The LED on the front shows access? The bus is correctly terminated? These things cause problems. A third issue is sometimes the holder for the CD "pinches" it and it can't spin, make sure its free to turn. Show DEV shows the drive as an RRD42? Its not conflicting in address with another device? --Chuck At 12:26 AM 11/6/01 -0500, One Without Reason wrote: