> Hey Mark, > :o) > Yes my ibook is confused and can't find the hard drive, but it isn't > waiting awhile and then starting up. The hard drive icon in the > Control Panels is clicked. :ol > I wish that was the problem. > > I've had a battling problem with this ibook since a repair by Apple > the first week of use. > I was having to push the reset button, remove the battery, hit and > miss with pushing buttons but finally starting up after poking around > and waiting about...20 min.s > Sooo,,, > I reinstalled the system, removed the energy conservation control > panel and the software update control panel...(heard they could case > problems so I'm being safe) > > Now the three button, power button seems to be working. > But, I hate doing that almost every restart! > > Thank you for helping me. > :o) > Kim I think I'd try taking out any RAM in the slot under the keyboard. You may have a bad stick in there. Dan