Well I need to change direction, Removed and reinstalled the drive again...WORKING FINE....again.....so I have to think that there is something else causing a conflict or disrupting the operation of the drive......At least I can be 99.9% sure it's not Hoster.....and 100% sure the slim-line cd-rom is OK..... In my first post when I couldn't get the drive installed MTU posted that someone else reported the drive didn't work on a toshiba laptop,so probably something Toshiba factory loads and hides
