Congrats on it working. You could be having a problems with the soldering on the drive where the power and/or the data cables connect. Heat and vibrations during use could cause intermittant problems as you describe. Tony Mayer Sysop The Magic FunHouse BBS http://bbs.magicom.net shadybunch wrote: > Good news; got the hard drive to work....no idea how this happened, just turned the computer on after letting it sit for a day and it worked again????? Just wondering why this happens though and would love to get more info on that controller part that you mentioned Kevin. > How do I check the controller and where is it? Just in case this happens again. > > The ribbon and power supply cables seem to be fine, and if it's not the controller, than any other suggestions would be great. > > Martha Shade Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com