Oh - and about the overheating: That is very serious stuff. Most likely you have a power supply with undimensioned fan(s). Get a new PSU! It'll cost you maybe 70 bucks for a good one (look at tomshardware.com or similar site for tests and advice) and buy a new powerful PSU, preferably overdimensioned. Like 430 Watt or so. I have a 2,53 Gig Intel system with 5 hard disks. Only way to run it is to have a VERY powerful PSU and a total of 8 fans: 2 in PSU 1 fan w copper heatsink on CPU 1 on bridge 1 on graphics card 1 on back of chassis 2 on front of chassis - blowing directly on hard disks. By using high quality parts I keep the noise down to a fair level. Believe me, fans are critical!!! Heat is the main reason people's hard disks fail, for instance. Ad of course CPU's too. With 4 machines and a total of 12 hard disks, I've never lost a byte yet. Touch wood lol! Of course, I backup too, occasionally.... :] Fish