I think Seabiscuit's suggestion at #143, is the way to go at this point, and has potential for getting a handle on whether we have a real hardware problem or a a software problem.....maybe from a messed update from doing the MS$ auto update thing last night.....
You may be right. I have been seeing a lot of posts around with people complaining about having problems after installing SP2. And I am willing to be there is no such thing as rolling that one back. I don't think this gets rolled back when you try to go back. Is that right?
Just did the reboot with the installation CD in BOTH drives.
No go.
I have had service pak 2 for a long time; it's not that.
The ONLY thing I have done to this computer within the last few days is remove Sony Sound Forge 7.0.