Hello, Many thanks to all who assisted with ideas re: my HOT-569 Just this minute I removed the battery to clear my CMOS (never did that before..I would have thought that the CMOS would be cleared by that operation but the old values were still there!) None the less..the machine booted!...Haven't put it through all it's paces yet but when time allows I will put the machine back together again and see if all is OK. (Stipped it and added the components to this machine do I could ask all of you your advice. Man I love you guys!! Thanks a million!! Best to all, Bob Chapel > Would appreciate a hand with a thorny problem if anyone can help. > My,less than one year old Hot -569 (Shuttle) will not boot entirely. > > No error messages..just will not complete the post...does the memory > check(32 megs) detects the CPU (Cyrix 200mmx) and detects the > presence of HD stops at this point with cursor blinking at the > announcement of Version 1.0 Award Bios...if keyboard is disconnected > it notices this...if floppy is disconnected it notices that...seeks > the floppy but will not read...does NOT appear to seek the HD. > >