cool, thanks for all your help! i've got the latest F5e bios for my mobo, and i used the cable that came with my brand new board but i'll change it for the slight chance it might fix it.. also i'm not going to by a new ide pci card as this dvdrw will probably be the last ide hardware i own, so if it comes to it i'll just by a new sata dvdrw. thanks again..
.sith.
OMG! a new(old) rounded 80-pin ide cable fixed my issue! its always something you take for granted that is the root of the problem! thanks for all your help here, not to mention the enormous thanks required for writing this amazing prog.... please keep it up
.sith.