--- Tony Duell wrote: Do you have a working battery in the machine? IIRC, the PSU can't supply enough current on it's own to get the machine and hard disk started up. When the hard disk tries to spin up, the PSU shuts down, etc. Giving you exactly what you're seeing -tony --- end of quote --- Really? I'm charging a pair of batteries overnight. Tomorrow I'll see if anything works with a charged battery. I thought that with the 9-volt backup and the power adapter, that was enough juice -- Uncle Roger, is that what you were saying earlier? Thank you very much! -- MB