Al, Some thoughts.... That model was introduced in Oct '05 and discontinued in March '06. I wouldn't be surprised if the hard drive is near the end of its life......or/and the logic board. My MacMini is from late '06 and I had the logic board fail and the HD replaced. Maybe it's time to go with that new configuration you mentioned. Cheers, John On Feb 7, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Al Grappone wrote: On Feb 6, 2013, at 20:40, Randy B. Singer wrote: > It is a message in multiple languages like the illustrations on this page?: > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3742 No. I forgot to include my set up Al Grappone (89) USN Ret 20" iMac OS X 10.5.8 2. 1 GHz ,PPCG5. 1GB DDFR2 SDram memory, Mail 3.6, iTunes9.2 iLife9 Quicken2007 16.0.0, Epson Perfection 2450 Photo Scanner, Canon iP5200 Photo Printer,Netgear Wireless-N router _______________________________________________ X4U mailing list X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u