Well, Solution option #1 (message #3) is going that well. I have attempted to boot from a external scsi CDrom that has worked well in the past but I'm not having much luck. I wram boot the 2400c while holding down the "c" key continually through the boot process. The light on the CDrom blips a couple of times when the 2400 starts up, then the happy mac, then the internal HD reads and I'm back to the previously loaded 9.0.4. Why won't it boot from the CDrom? Could this whole thing be some kind of software/instruction problem? I still think isn't a matter of bad ram/then not enough ram. But why is it not booting from the CD on command? Perplexed and befuddled, Paul __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree