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jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > OK, I have just moved and taken my computer set-up plus about four other > boards I have aquired along the way. I set up the board that I was > using...nothing. I set up one of the other random boards and it posts but > doesn't load the OS so I try to hook a CD ROM up to the system and it kills > it....The same thing happens with another board with a different CD drive as > I thought it was the drive that killed it. > Adding a CD drive to an IDE cable shouldn't stop a Motherboard from > working, should it?...what's going wrong here? Ahh! I've turned into a > computer killer!!! > Jon When you say it won't POST, how far is it getting? Anything on screen? Any beeps from the system? Memory counting? Recognising the hard disk and/or CD? Have you checked the BIOS to see if it recognises the hard disk that is connected? When you say 'kills it', in what manner? Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html