My Quicksilver 2000 often will not start up past the chime, either. I find that pressing the programmer's interrupt button (just beneath the power button) re-starts it to completion. --Steve At 8:27 AM -0700 6/12/06, Brad Russell wrote: >Since I've added the new drive I have had trouble getting the computer to power up all the way. I get a start up chime but then it just sits there -- no mouse, no video, etc.