i am like almost 100% sure its not the cd/dvd drive cause ive tried 3 of them and they all yeild the same error. i think i might go out and buy a different motherboard just to test it and see if it is that. i booted with NOTHING attaced to the board except a keyboard and the cd drive (and of course ram processor and power) and it said the same thing. the board is the only thing that i can think that is wrong with it, thing that pisses me off is though it brand new. its and intel DG965WH. i have tried dma and nodma, failsafe, nousb, nofirewire and a shitload more but i get the exact same error everytime.