that sounds like a verry good plan C . i just re installed windows and that fixed my drive letters problem and hopfuley it will clear up the overall performance etc...maybe i just dident do it right the first time :/ . plan b is to install another stick of ram , i think you have to have 2 installed for good performance regardless of the size of the ram , i think i should have memory installed in sockets a1 and b1 for it to work corectley (like the mobo instruction manual sez) insted of just one 1gb module in a1. i could just have low memory bandwidth and that could be causing crashes/freezing. is this idia correct??? anyway if that dosent work il definantley install 2k and or linux....or both like you sed. or ? will mac osx run on pc hardware??? hmmm....