Boot prob concerning CD-rom and gfx board

I've just installed the new 43.00 drivers from NVIDIA for my Geforce 4 Ti4600 and now - whenever I boot up my system - it halts and makes some weird "whiiiirrr" noises with the CD-rom drive. If I eject the CD-rom drive and close it again it continues to load up Windows XP. It's as if it's trying to do something with the drive that it cannot do and therefore halts the bootup process until i eject the cd-rom drive...
Anyways, this problem always occur after I update my NVIDIA drivers it seems... The most weird thing is, that it sometimes stops doing it after using the new gfx driver for a while - but the next time I update it does it again and again and again... At times it makes Windows stutter too - because of the "whiiirrr" problem with the CD-rom drive...
Geee, I know this sounds a bit confusing, but I was hoping someone else had the same problem and found a solution for it - or that one of you guys out there knows how to solve it... I'd be forever grateful :D
Oh, and here my specs:
Msi 845Pe Max2 (not 100% sure of this - I left the box at me folks house)
P4 Northwood2 2.4 - 533 fsb
512 mb pc2700 DDR ram (Samsung I believe)
SB Audigy
Liteon 24 speed burner
Aopen DVD Drive 10x
-Regards
El Senator

My CD-Rom drive is disabled for booting - the lockup appears when Windows is already loading... So, it must be Windows related and at the same time also related to my gfx driver somehow... It's very frustrating

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Might be time to replace the PRAM Battery, 4 years is close to their lifespan, far less if ever without AC power, & can cause strange startup problems...
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I will be traveling to Rome and Paris and I'm concerned about frying my iPad when charging. Will I need a converter/adapter when charging or will I just use an adapter?

what RBRY says. Look at the fine print on your power brick. It says 100v-240v. This means it can handle world wattage.....both the us 110 and the UK/and other places 220. Anything that displays that range works anywhere in the world with the right plug adapter.
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Iv just done update for i phone 5 of 7.03 and my phone has froze with i tunes on screen only tried re booting , tried updating i tunes and windows on my pc anyone else out there same prob? Any answers to the prob poss :) hopefully

Can any1 help me poss?
Iv just done the latest update on my i phone 5 of 7.03
And my phone has frozen on the screen
With just logo of i tunes
Tried re booting
Tried updating i tunes and windows on pc
And to no avail NO PHONE STILL
OMG. I had nothing but probs since the 7 update
With my i pad and phone and blue tooth in car also
AT LEAST AT THE MO MY I PAD WORKS
But seriously this is putting me off buying another r latest
I phone
I cant even get the serial number off my phone eva to send the
Prob to apple on e mail etc
I am to ring tomoz
Im expecting poss having to get a new phone
And LOSE ALL I HAD ON IT
THIS IS SO NOT RIGHT AT ALL FOR ANY1
Who has bought i phones etc
As they ciat enough when u do
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Well the term "hotlined" I have never heard before. In any case many states (like NY) just passed regulatory powers to the State Public Service Commission of which it may be called something different in your state. You could file a complaint with them. Or file a complaint with your state attorney generals office, they also take on wireless providers.
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Its a shame you have to go through what you going through.
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Thought I would start a new thread because the subject has changed slightly.
Apart from constant failures to get xp booted with 3 hard drives and a cd rom drive I now have the following worries on start up :
Windows could not start due to missing hal.dll
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Well,
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Here is the description I sent in to tech support. Maybe they will read it here!
Here is a better description of my problem.
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Yoüf wrote:
Many thanks for the helpful response, Loner T. I think I've got it. To install Windows through BCA on the Optibay drive, I temporarily move it to the main SATA bay. I can then temporarily put the DVD drive back in the Optibay. So here's a question: In doing this, I would no longer have an OSX boot drive (since I'm temporarily removing my OSX boot SSD). It's been a while since I used BCA, so my memory is fuzzy (sorry), but does the BCA process need a working OSX install on the drive in the SATA bay?
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You mention that modifying the BC info.plist causes issues. I lost you a little here. Using the method you describe (move the Optibay drive to the SATA location, run BCA to install Windows, then move the drive back to the Optibay location), does the BC info.plist need to be modified or not? If yes, a few more details would be welcomed. If not, what prompted this thought?
If you have a functional Optical drive and the designated Windows-to-be in the proper bays, the BC info.plist modifications are unnecessary, and can cause other grief, and are best avoided.
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@diti wrote:
Earlier I could atleast detect the HDD, now the service guys say that they cant detect the hdd. They replaced the hd with a new one but even that is not getting detected. So they r saying that the connection between logic board and hdd is not fine.
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