I have a 2 year old HP (3 GB of RAM, 500 GB HD) running Vista Home premium and service pack 2 installed. I recently purchased an HP dvd 1160i 22x Multiformat DVD Writer. The DVD Writer did not come with a power plug. My computer does not have an available SATA power plug but does have several LP4 types available. I purchased a LP4 Male to SATA Power Adapter from StarTech.com. There is a factory installed DVD/CD writer that is of a SATA type. If I use my adapter power plug or swap the current SATA plug from the existing DVD/CD I receive the Blue Screen of death shutting down Windows just before it has completed the process. I have tried F10, Safe Mode, you name it but I cannot get the new DVD/DVD Writer to get beyond the same startup point. Because I have to use the SATA/LP4 adapter, is this the reason for the system crashs? Any ideas?