Itunes freezes when burning CDs

Similar post to others here. Since upgrade to IT 6, Itunes freezes when trying to burn some CDs. IT shows as "not-responding" in task manager. Seems to happen when burning CDs with newly downloaded tracks, perhaps in combination with imported tracks. I've tried several suggestions posted here.
- I uninstalled and reinstalled ITunes and Quicktime
- Installed updated BIOS, chipset, and CD R drivers
No luck.
Sometimes if I wait 3-5 minutes it will start the burn. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Log follows.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Dell Inc. Inspiron 6000
iTunes 6.0.4.2
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), drvmcdb (1.0.0.1), sscdbhk5 (1.0.0.1),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300\ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
IDE\DiskHTS548080M9AT00_______________________MG4OA5EA, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
USBSTOR\DiskSanDiskImageMate_CF___1.00, Bus Type USB
IDE\CdRomSONYDVD+-RW_DW-D56A____________________PDS7___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is administrator.
E: SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A, Rev PDS7
Audio CD in drive.
Found 21 songs on CD, playing time 77:54 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 02:50:05
Track 3, start time 07:36:12
Track 4, start time 13:27:28
Track 5, start time 19:11:63
Track 6, start time 21:29:24
Track 7, start time 26:49:02
Track 8, start time 29:03:12
Track 9, start time 31:23:11
Track 10, start time 35:01:04
Track 11, start time 38:32:46
Track 12, start time 42:02:61
Track 13, start time 45:41:28
Track 14, start time 49:05:39
Track 15, start time 52:11:36
Track 16, start time 55:13:61
Track 17, start time 57:39:64
Track 18, start time 63:30:22
Track 19, start time 65:40:30
Track 20, start time 69:21:14
Track 21, start time 73:21:42
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 10 12 16 20.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 4.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code -128(0xffffff80). It happened on drive E: SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A on CDR media at speed 0X.

hi David!
The computer just freezes and according to Task Manager, iTunes takes 100% of the computer's resources.
Help! Any suggestions?
first let's try a
b repair install.
go to your add/remove programs, select itunes, click "change/remove" and then select "repair".
if no joy with that, let's try working through some of the other usual suspects:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93360
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93286
these resources might also be useful:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300252
toonz, "Where to find firmware for your CD/DVD drive", 05:55pm Apr 15, 2005 CDT
keep us posted on your progress.
love, b

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