Is it possible you have a video card that is loose or loosing connection? Maybe the onboard cable is loose? For the 1st type, remove the board and inspect it for dirt and dust and use a pencil eraser (a clean one!) to gently clean the edge that mounts to the motherboard, being carefull not to leave erasure dust. The second type, just remove the cable and reinsert it snuggly into the motherboard. I live in a climate where parts get extremely soiled from humidity and salt and this happens alot! You might try this with the memnory sticks too, some machines do not sound the interior speaker when there is a memory problem with onboard video. The onboard video uses the memory chip (usually in the first slot) and if it is loose or not making a good connection you will get your results too. Howard Rubin Gortaleza, Brazil Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:25:53 -0500 From: "Richard F. Bolha" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Bootup problems I have a unit that will normally boot after 1 to 8 attempts. Sometimes it will boot ok. Other times it powers up and will not send a signal to the monitor. Anyone seen this? The hard drive works fine and checks out ok. Norton says it is virus free. Give me some ideas. Thanks Richard F. Bolha Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml