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   But with the problems with both hard drives and the CD, it would seem to   
   point that way.  I've also had similar problems when a fan on the CPU went   
   bad.   
      
      
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   > UKALUM wrote:   
   > >Is it possible you have a problem with   
   > >you driver controller on the motherboard?   
   >   
   > Not that I am aware of with it. P&P is turned off in the bios, and I   
   > haven't made any changes in bios, for at least a year. I reduced it down   
   > to one stick of 128mb of ram, video card, the hard drive and the CD unit   
   > but no change. The CD will stop its boot on either hard drive at the   
   > same point with all but the last two icons lit, and then prompt me to   
   > put the BeOS CD into the CD drive even though it is still in there.   
   >   
   > It just hit me that maybe I need a CD cleaning disk for the the CD unit   
   > itself too, and possibly a combination of the old BeOS disc condition   
   > and lens dirt might be causing the problem LOL   
   >   
   > Don't know, but I am still trying a few different ideas. Dwight   
   >   
      
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