If you have a multimeter, i would check the power supply out. It could be a
huge array of stuff including mobo/processor/ram etc but i would definitely
rule out the PSU first.

Peace,
Pilgrim

"Michael Paul" wrote in message
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"Pete" wrote in message
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"Michael Paul" wrote


Any ideas? Some guidance would be nice before I head down to Fry's
and
blow
money I would rather spend on my bike on new hardware.


Sounds like the new CD drive is toast.
Remove the offending CD drive and put in another one. If it still fails,
then its not the drive. If it doesn't fail...get a new one. Still under
warranty, right?

HTH

Pete


Tried that. still had the old one and still had problems.

In the past few hours I'm getting the phantom reboots without doing
anything
so now I'm thoroughly confused.

Michael