I had a similar experience once, only it turned out to be the HARD DRIVE failing! it sounded like multiple clicks when trying to boot and a little "love tap" on the box got it going. luckily I caught it in time and transfered my data to another drive before complete failure! btw it was a Gateway with a Maxtor drive 10 Gig

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Rules of combat. 1. 5 second fuses aren't. 2. tracers work both ways. 3. if an attack is going very well, it's an ambush!