Regarding the RAM I have: 128MB SYN. DIMM 100 (It actually has a label on it that places it as "Ap. PowerMac G3") 256MBx2 are not matched. One is from a company called SEITEC, 256 MB T8, PC-100-222-620 the other is marked 'china', with a white sticky label on it with numbers 1178-256-1147. So we can presume the 128 is outdated and the 256 are definitely third party. My money is still on the RAM. ~~warm waves~~ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>¸ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><((((º>¸. > Thanks Al, now to find some new RAM. I did reformat with the OS install CD. > > I also found a forum where they talked about the IDE HD jumpers 'possibly' needing to be changed > and we tried variations of that too, based on the WD website. (Great site by the way). No > changes. > So my money is with the memory. > > Will get back to y'all on this, so WE can all know, once and for all. > ~Marsha