u-235, Thanks for the tip, I went there and upgraded to the latest ME drivers etc, ran the aspi checker and forcer at the Adaptec site, have done just about everything I can find on Aspi drivers/managers etc, and nothing I do will make the Adaptec programs recognize the Sony cd-rw. One update knocked the Sony out.
So I don't know, all is ok in the BIOS, device mgr has no flags, from what I can gleen, Roxio will correct the problem with a $ 95 upgrade, sure they will !
So if you are anyone else has any more ideas, please lay them on me !