John Ballance wrote: > with ref to the hdd light activity, and possible beep, does it start > a) with no pci cards, b) with usb card only, c) with video card only? I now tried b) (i.e. without the video card, but with the USB card) and what can I say, it boots fine this way (desktop starts, Pluto loads eSpeak and says "zero articles expired" ;-) And pressing Ctrl-Shift-F12 shuts down the X100 and powers it off. Is this already the proof that the video card is gone or should I nevertheless try your other combinations a) and c) as well? If not necessary I'd like to avoid it ... for obvious reasons. ;-) Greetings, Stefan -- Stefan Bellon --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support