Great job it's usually something like that. You should replace the power supply or at least the connector. I would bet the connector damaged the hard disk because of a short in the wires. I hope the jolly old fellow brings you a new hard disk and power supply! :-D Happy Holidays to all! Sam. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list