Jeez, Dale! You want to start getting into harware issues; what about my MoBo? Big name manufacturer, I was scared silly of leaving the path of Intel until several other pros recommended it! All the bells and whistles, built-in RAID controller, great price. Arrived with a seperate USB card and a leaflet explaining how the southbridge doesn't actually work with this VIA chipset, and on no account to try using the onboard USB. After building the box and trying to set it up I discover, nor does the Promise RAID controller! Exactly one week out of warranty it self-destructs, taking two good hard drives with it!!!

Now you tell me Compaq are crap! My laptop is an HP/Compaq, please tell me it's not going to happen again.