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LNR's computer is funted; after six months or so of being reluctant to boot it is now refusing entirely. (Disks and fans spin up but the BIOS never runs and the screen never gets a signal.) After a bit of investigation I think it's the motherboard or possibly the CPU which have gone bad; if it's the memory then that would require two DIMMs to have simultaneously failed in the same way, and if it's almost anything else that would require it to have a negative influenced when not even connected.

So we're buying most of a new computer. We plan to get these bits:

• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 120GB IDE disk
• Suntek Viper ATX desktop case w/ 300W PSU
• Sony CRX220E1-10 CD-RW
• ASRock K7VT2 motherboard
• 1.3GHz Duron

We'd keep the old case but the location of the PSU means that a Duron plus heatsink would never fit. The hard disk is actually for another computer. The CD-RW is a new toy, not just a replacement for LNR's somewhat flaky CD ROM drive. The motherboard apparently takes PC100 memory which we have some of already.

If anyone's heard any bad things about the above, now would be a good time to say so!