it scans for everything and hangs a bit on the usb/firewire devices (nothing is plugged into them). at the moment i dont have an hdd plugged into it so it says 'searching for usb/firewire devices...done.' then it runs a bunch of text on the line below that which goes far too fast for me to read it and then it gives me the error. when i tried it with an hdd in it, it found the hdds right after it said 'searching for usb/firewire devices...done.' and it seemed to find them fine and it gave me the same message. i have tried different cables and they are all securly fastened. rearranging the ram and trying 512 doesnt work either. i am running testcd now. the media is fine though i am sure, because the same disc works great on my other computer.