Raze,
Thank you again for your response. I didn't have the intro skipped, because it only happens during game play. Does the monitor refresh rate have anything to do with the flickering? Also my system resolution is 1024x768, but DD config is 640x480, does that matter? I suppose it isn't accessing the CD, but occasionally the CDROM revs up, do you know why? I have an Intel core 2 P4 1.86Ghz. I did turn the acceleration down a notch, all the test ran great.
Thank you very much
ficarosso