I think I am just cursed this weekend. <G> Back in Jan the logic board of my Yikes! died so I ended up with a new machine. Over the months I picked up a new LB, installed it and it was totally dead. Last weekend I finally took a close look at it and pushed those two little buttons on it. I had totally forgotten about them <blushing> So this is cool, I now have power to the machine. Except I cannot get it to boot off a CD or hard drive! Both hard drives that I have work fine in my 1.42 MDD. One is a 9.2.2 boot drive I originally had in the Yikes! and later in my 1gDP. Both of these drives produce an alternating Happy Mac face and a folder with a "?" on it. If I put an OS9 CD it will sit at the Happy Mac for 30 minutes and not go anywhere. If I put the OS8 CD in it, I don't get any icons. Both of these CD's used to boot the Yikes! and they still boot my PM6500. Is there a new LB dance I forgot to do? TIA, Diane