hmm ok thanx
i do have a dodgy fujitsu HDD here that gives so many CRC errors WinXP downgrades it to PIO within a boot up (been slowly getting worse)
but i think i didnt have it hooked up when these errors came, not sure though
i might disable IDE1 in BIOS and see how it goes for a day or two,
thanx
anybody elses experience on this ?