On an HP Pavilion PII 6470Z, 400MH cpu, after a lightening strike crash it gives four beeps on POST then shuts down. A web site indicated that this was " System timer failure ". Would this indicate a bad ( fried ) motherboard? I couldn't get anything from HP, so I am at a loss as what to check for next. Any comments appreciated. George Hurless ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml