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BigV · 03-26-2007, 10:33 AM

<sigh>

I feel your pain.

I haven't dragged a copy of your 8100 out of the closet to personally verify this experiment, but I will say that mbpark nailed it (as usual) with the ultimate boot cd attempt, also with the Knoppix.

What I didn't see was a suggestion to boot to the diagnostic partition on the Dell itself. Usually you can press F12 very early (and often!) in the startup routine and get a "Boot Menu" choice list. Try the diagnostic partition. Plenteous useful diag tools to verify the hardware. I give it my highest recommendation.

also, pm me.

03-26-2007, 10:33 AM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	<sigh> I feel your pain. I haven't dragged a copy of your 8100 out of the closet to personally verify this experiment, but I will say that mbpark nailed it (as usual) with the ultimate boot cd attempt, also with the Knoppix. What I didn't see was a suggestion to boot to the diagnostic partition on the Dell itself. Usually you can press F12 very early (and often!) in the startup routine and get a "Boot Menu" choice list. Try the diagnostic partition. Plenteous useful diag tools to verify the hardware. I give it my highest recommendation. also, pm me. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.