Good morning, Jim.

 JH> I can mail you an ERD if you like - send me an email
 JH> jim.holsonback{at}juno.com if you want one.  But - I don't think it will
 JH> do you any good if your System BIOS will not autodetect the HDD
 JH> parameters, it can't find the HDD and the ERD won't help.

        Right. But today, I will be in Orlando, I will not have time to
        drop in on you. I will be picking up my daughter at MCO. she is
        bringing a HDD and some ERDs for me.

 JH> From this and your other posts to/from Matt, sounds like either the
 JH> HDD has died, or perhaps the first IDE channel has died on the
 JH> Mainboard.

        After reading this last night, I went and just to make sure,
        reconnected the ribbon to IDE secondary but still nothing out of
        the BIOS. The thing is really dead, maybe the MoBo is gone. I am
        not sure where the CMOS is in the pipeline, is it on the CPU or
        beside it on the MoBo. If the BIOS comes up, does this mean that
        the CPU is good ?

        This is a sorry unit. The front fan was seized. I WD40ed it into
        life again but the CPU fan is so noisy that I have doubt about
        its life span. This is a 1995 unit and was never shut down all
        this time. Speaks for its quality but we all have a term.

 JH> You still thinking of coming to Orlando to see where I volunteer
 JH> sometime on this trip?  If so, you could bring the box with you and we
 JH> could look into it at the shop.  Even if your HDD or one of your IDE
 JH> channels is dead, we could probably find a used replacement for modest
 JH> cost.

        Thanks for the invite. I will take you up on it in the next few
        days. I would bring the sick unit if I have not garbaged it in
        the mean time. Thsnkd for the help offer.

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