Hi Robert--

I suspect the problem is an intermittent short.  When I was building a PC,
a short prevented the system from powering up all the way.  Look for any
accidental connections between the MB and the frame of the case.

HTH,

Perry Rivera...

At 01:14 PM 8/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Within the last week, a problem has arisen.  My wife's Win95/ P-133 will
>be rocking along just fine when suddenly it freezes. This has happened
>twice or so while actually working in a program (various ones), and once
>while idle, without any programs running.  Upon a reset/reboot, I get
>nothing on the screen.  No POST, no lines, no nothing.  Black death.  (I
>never thought I'd have wished to see a blue screen of death before-  at
>least I would know it was alive). I've opened the box twice now,
> <etc.>