Well it appears that "A Place in the Sun" (...yes, I realize I forgot to allow comments, fixed that!) was the last render out of my desktop. Something on the MoBo went and it will not boot (power supply is fine/HD fine, etc.) Got out the multi-meter and gave it a going over (btw the battery is fine too!). The new one is on order (ASUS) and I am having to bump up the chip as well (no boards available to fit my old socket). I guess that's the silver lining (grin). Should take about a week to get everything back in. Thank god for laptops!

Pass no temptation lightly by, for one never knows when it may pass again!

Sorry to hear about your mobo, but great choice on the ASUS! I've been running my home-build Asus pc for months now and love it. One of these days I might spring for a dual processor.

I used to have an ASUS but recently updated to a ABIT NF7 and that is even better IMHO. Thats the one I was telling you about Incarnadine which has a siren that goes off and shuts the system down if anything unauthorised tries to write to the bios, pretty neat I think. BTW, the ABIT NF7 cost me 72 or $157 Canadian, just to give you an idea of price. Catlin

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. Part of the problem is I hav 1Gb of 800 Mhz Rambus that I do NOT want to replace.

Pass no temptation lightly by, for one never knows when it may pass again!

Ouch! I hope you get back up and running soon!

Yes I too hope you are running again soooooon, mainly because I just got myself V3 and intend on giving Poser another try.............and you know what happened the last time I did that Richard, lol 8D Catlin

I was going to buy V3 but this is taking my money in lieu of. I do have P4 and B5 on the laptop so I am not cut off - just cut down a bit. Parts will be in Tuesday, Should have everything back in and running over the next week.

Pass no temptation lightly by, for one never knows when it may pass again!