W2KPro (no SP), AOpen AX6B, Celeron 300A@374, SBLiveValue, Logitech NewTouch kb, 128Mb Mushkin mem, Zoom 2949L ext modem, 20GB IBM ATA100 drive: dual equal BootIt partitions.

From about 30-100 minutes after startup, sound becomes staccato and cursor "sticks" and get erratic automatically repeating text if typing(more text entry shortens period to problem)with multiple bell sounds which may run together into a continuous tone, windows closing...and latest: drag text scroll bar to top (begin of doc) drops back to bottom. The stick and stutter correspond with the hardisk light going out and stops spinning in 1-2 sec. on/off cycles.

Defragged hardisk, removed spyware, switched IRQ's, new SBLive driver: no help. AVG6 and HouseCall report no viruses. What now?

**Starman**






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