Good morning, Matt.

 MM> Have you EVER booted that machine with a CD?  I _think_ an "ATAPI"
 MM> compliant CD is required for the boot to work.

        Nope! This machine is a 1995 model and I do not think that the
        CD-ROM would be ATAPI.

 MM> Yes, the CD _should_ boot from either channel when there is no HD. 

        I so far, have tried all combinations of connections, HDD by
        itself or CD by itself or whatever. I went from IDE 1 to 2,
        changed that 40 wire ribbon cable but it still does not go
        beyond the BIOS after Alt to get to it. I change things in BIOS
        then let it rip but it will never see a device. None is all over
        the screen. Something major like a CPU gone or the MoBo even.
        This system had been ON since new, 24/7. The case fan was seized
        and the CPU fan is so noisy !!! I might just keep the RAM sticks
        and the CD device and garbage the rest. The monitor is nice too.

        Thanks for the moral support.

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