So here's something else to add to the bag of tricks...

Whenever I play music through winamp, I get horrid skipping in the songs randomly...Same goes for AVI's playing in VLC player, random skipping.

I have yet to run the MS mem test you gave me, SS. But I will do that ASAP and report back. Also thanks for checking up the records for me, IP has most def. changed since that time!! haha

Bistro, I totally agree, I'm not going to place the blame soley on the RAM due to a CD not reading, but a few reports indicate that upon changing RAM, that particular issue had gone away. So I'm not sure what to think right now...

As Shinma has suggested, I'm going to check out the CD drive as well to see if it's giving me any other problems...