WOW..well..my pc was long overdue for a cleaning..it just got away from me..but..it was cleaned when I tried to boot up. That doesn't mean there wasn't a dustbunny hidden somewhere..after I used the canned air to blow it out. Never heard of that..good to know tho, thanks Ed! Jackie In a message dated 12/21/03 12:14:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, edwest@xxxxxxxxxx writes: I once had a computer that was humming along fine. Went to restart (win98 resource leak) & no go. Short story: there was a short caused by a dustball the size of a marble. Computers, you gotta love 'em. Ed