I did a little searching, and it looks like Haiku's SATA booting isn't reliable. So my motherboard will need at least one Parallel IDE slot. > I usually use newegg.com, or you could always just make the trip over > to fry's and be up and running tomorrow. Thanks, I'll check out newegg. I'd buy it all from Fry's or Micro Center, but I'm somewhat budget-constrained. I really hate to have to do it, as I try to support brick-and-mortar stores in their battle against online retailers, but ordering from out of state so I don't have to pay sales tax would allow me to buy more or better hardware. Mike -- Michael David Crawford mdcrawford at gmail dot com Enjoy my art, photography, music and writing at http://www.geometricvisions.com/ --- Free Compact Disc ---