Lee, it is set as the master (unplugged the DVD drive so this was the only one in) and also tried re-downloading the flasher, still no joy

I have had a problem ever since putting a new motherboard in, that it just crashes when trying to write a cd! (Right at the very start after you hit "Burn")

My suspision is that when you boot up I get a bubble pop up and says "Direct CD is not compatible with this version of windows and may cause stability problems. The drivers will be disabled" blah blah, but it's not installed anywhere!!! (That I can find!) And it's not like you can just download cd burning drivers to write over these knackered ones!

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