i have had a BSOD on my xp system. about once a year it happens. for some strange and paranormal reason buy install of xp just messes up and WAM, BSOD. And i have to spend a hour or fixing it up. it happened once when my autoexec.nt file in the system32 folder goes missing and then i cant read cd's so i reinstall xp and after i reinstalled xp and reinstalled my drivers WAM, BSOD! i know its wierd but that microsoft for ya! when i get that prob again i got a backup of my autoexec.nt file.