Good morning, Jim.
 JH>  My guess is that all remains OK except the HDD.

        I would like to believe you but why c an I not get CD to be
        seenby itself? Old system maybe !

 JH> Likely time for a new cpu fan. Worth a few bucks, about the same as
 JH> the P166 chip which it is trying to protect.

        Got any spare ?

 JH> 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.
 
        I promise ! I would like to meet you face to face instead of
        screen to screen and get this system going too.

 JH> Unless it has proprietary case, mainboard, PS etc. as some of the
 JH> Compaqs do, we can replace anything on it at shop where I volunteer.

        This seems to be one the famous NoName. Looks like any other
        P-166 that I had a look inside. Hey, we are going to have fun
        yet.

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