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I might be wrong, but is it possible that this port is USB3? That way the BIOS would be able to boot the CD from it, but neither linux nor windows is likely to have suitable drivers for using it.

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jh

That may be the reason :)

I thought it was me going nuts. Again, thanks all for you assistance.

Cheers, Janne "Janski" Nyman E: jnyman@jbtec.org