1. Turn DMA off and back on as noted at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx
2. Did you turn it off and back on?
3. Pests and parasites..
arasite removal programs.
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=1313&start=0 notes the five scanning tools and removal tools that are fairly safe. If one does encounter an issue, its always been damage done by the MALWARE. The most common issue being Layered Service Provider replacement which you can use LSPFIX (Hint: use http://www.google.com to find).
The thread has follow on discussions about new links if you don't want to use Google to find an item.
Bob
PS. All the tools are free.
I use this program to play CD's. Lately all of the CD's skip, whether they are burned or retail versions. This happens on both of my CD drives. I have updated the player regularly and is currently at version 9. I'm running XP and have 512K RAM. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
David

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