On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Tim Hotze wrote: Make sure your video cable is good. Test it with a multimeter. Make sure its plugged in properly. Check the video connector on the motherboard and make sure it is still in tact. Over the years, the strain of putting in and pulling out the connector tends to break the center conductor on the video jack. Assuming that's all good, pull out all the cards and then fire it up. Does it work now? Ok, put in each card one at a time, starting with the disk controller that was mostl likely in slot 6. Was there anything in slot 7? Just curious. Usually there wasn't, but things that did go there included special video cards and hard disk controllers. The fact that the disk is spinning up is a good sign. Does it do its recalibration (sounds like the disk is farting)? Anyway, start putting in each card one at a time until you find the one that's causing the problem. Maybe just the act of reseating the cards will help. If none of this works, uproot and reseat all the ICs. If THAT doesn't work, did you first check to make sure the contrast or brightness controls on the monitor were set appropriately? Always check the stupid things first. Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Always being hassled by the man. Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0 See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 12/27/98]