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Well, in my attempt to determine where / what the problem was I think I blew my my motherboard.... wahey!... ahh... [$52.53] Motherboard SOYO KT600: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-KT600V2&show=p [$70.04] Memory 512MB: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=D512M266KI [$82.40] Ahtlon XP-220 CPU + Heat Sink & Fan: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=XP-2200BX [$28.32] Mid-Tower Case & 350W Power Supply: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=CA-ST103KU Total: $233.29 + shipping & tax... Well my local pc shop wanted $70 just to look at the machine and then tell me what I need to spend, where their cheapest motherboard is $125... so I might as well start a fresh ? Could someone care to comment on the above specs... I just need a workstation running with a webserver environment for development purposes... I left out the graphics card as this time I'm going to presume that the one on the motherboard will be ok, according to Soyo the motherboard is Linux compatible... plus I might be lucky and my existing ATI 9000 graphics card may still work etc... I'll test out my hard-drive on another pc... G.