That was fun. I opened my box and took the cdrom out. Then I opened the compaq up and struggled to get it's cd rom out. I put it into my box and the memory hit, "Take the scsi board out and put it into your machine." So back to the compaq I went and took EVERYTHING apart to discover that the scsi controller is on the motherboard. OOPS! Well, one good thing came of this; I realized that this isn't an impossible thing for me to do. When the contemplation of doing this hit me I was seized with fear! "I can't do this! I thought. I did it and I'll do it again if I must. -- :-)~Mike~(-: ps- Anyone out there have a scsi board I can have? Will that work? On Friday 15 November 2002 10:01 am, Michael Havens wrote: > On Friday 15 November 2002 02:40 am, Bill Nash wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Michael Havens wrote: > > > Would the drive not always opening when I press the button be a sign of > > > the motor going bye-bye? > > > > Only if the drive is empty. If you have a CD in the drive and > > mounted, the drive may be locked. > > > > - billn > > Blessed be that I won that computer last night! Thank you donor! Now I > don't need to go out and buy one. > > It is a scsi.... is there anything else I can do with the board.... what is > so special about scsi?