>the machine locks up completely The first thing that occurred to me was that your hard drive might be bad. I would boot off the OS 9 disc that came with your system and do a low level format of the hard drive. I didn't see that option in OS X's Disk Utility. A hard drive with bad sectors/blocks would be consistent with the errors you've described. ______________________ Hector Luna Motorola Global Infrastructure Solutions Phone: 480-413-3609 Pager: 877-529-2017 (Skytel 2way) Email: hectorluna at motorola.com