Problem solved! One of the ideas I got from this forum was to enable DMA on my HD's. Once the setting was changed printing to tape was a breeze! Regarding my motherboard, I have an MSI K7T Pro w/via 133 Chipset. I have had no other problems with it. One more thing, be sure to add a few blank frames to your productions because your first few frames are sometimes dropped when printing to tape... GOOD LUCK to ALL!