I am having related problems. I had a Plextor CD and it always seemed to lock up when I had a two disk install. Recently, I discovered the drive always locked up when playing a music CD. I replaced the drive with a new Lite-On and same problem. Someone here suggested replacing the IDE cable, same problem. I decided to test a music CD in my Pioneer drive and same problem there.

I use Creative's music software and am beginning to wonder if this is the problem. Any ideas?