On 9/11/2010 9:35 a.m., Jo Wells wrote: > Thanks for the reply........she had to call in a maintenance > man.........the power supply was shot and the system was > over-heating. All is well now.........thanks again. So the drive was just a symptom? This is a good example of what a person on the spot can do. Nobody on the list could see what he saw. This cause (although rare) is entirely capable of bringing the system down. Unfortunately the original symptoms didn't give us much idea of the source of it. This is why the man on the spot has the best chance to diagnose and repair the problem. -- Regards, John Durham Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Inventor of multi-spectral fibreoptics. Return (my novel) at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1382737 Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. Quote: What I cannot create, I do not understand. (Richard Feynman)