Andyvand...and all the rest,

thanks so much for the continued input. Unfortunately, I have the latest BIOS for the mobo, but I suppose I could just wait until a new one comes out and see if it fixes my issues.

Otherwise, anyone who reads this post and has ideas, please keep them comming!! TinyXP is a pretty decent OS I have to admit...but its no OSX

thanks again to all,

P