In a message dated 9/19/03 8:57:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > You sort of have to work part for part. I would check the cables and jumper > settings of the devices, and possibly play with replacing the RAM... a > possible cause for intermittent start-ups. > Sometimes just reseating all these parts are helpful on old machines that have sat around a while..... another thing that sometimes helps is to leave them on for a while to 'heat up' before trying to do anything else with them. mjh MJH To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk