On 08 Oct 2007 05:59:21 -0700, keith_w wrote: > > On Oct 7, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Technophobic_Tom wrote: > > >>> On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:20:49 -0700, keith_w wrote: >>> >>>> I don't GET a start-up chime anymore. > > >> It means the Power-On Self-Test has failed.... > >While that may be true, Tom, there seems to be no OTHER >adverse effects from not hearing a chime... Oh! I was way off base here. I thought it neither chimed NOR started up. "That's very different. Never mind." -Gilda Radner > >> In my case (dual 1.25, pre-2003), it meant the mobo was fryed. :-( > >Uh oh! Bad mobo! Aren't you worried? Not anymore. I replaced it.