Todd, I think we need clarification on the following paragraph:<br><quote><br>Funky Thing<br>When I disconnect the IDE cable to the optical drive, but leave power<br>plugged in, it'll turn on. I can eject it and it winks its LED at me.
<br> So they must build drives to take input from the motherboard on<br>whether it's okay to power up or not.<br></quote><br><br>When I read that paragraph, I read it as the machine booted up if you disconnected the IDE cable from the optical drive (that is the case in my scenario). However, after re-reading it (and seeing a lot of people thinking it's memory related), you could have meant that the drive powered on, but the machine still didn't boot. If the former is the case, then I don't think it is memory related. If the latter is the case, then yeah, it probably is memory.
<br><br><br>-- <br>Tim