There are only two types of failures in all electronic devices:
1. No contact exist where you need it.
2. The contact exist where you don't need it.

:)

>Nick,
>
>I did a physical inspection and everything seems to be attached ... but right about now I feel like shaking the snot out of it - so I'll give it a shot.
>
>Al
>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>This doesn't have anything to do with VFP - but I thought I'd post the question here anyway - in case this has happened to any of you.
>>>
>>
>>Hi Allan,
>>
>>Did you try to get inside the case and shake the HDD cables and connectors on motherboard? That's the first thing I do in such cases. My daughter's PC does this boot failure thing once in a while and after a reasonable cable shake it is good for another couple of month.