Thanks for all the replys, it looks as tho there is a problem with my dvd-rom believe it or not. I took it out and everything runs fine. first i noticed that if i took dma off it would work, which explains why i could install windows with it as the bios would not do dma i would imagine and linux could use it cause i didnt have dma on. So i geuss i better get another one as its pretty much useless without dma.