hi once again from sunny(not)SCOTLAND IHAVE ONCVE AGAIN JUST BEEN ALL OVER PC LIKE A RASH IVE BEEN AT THIS FOR NEARLY 72 UNINTERUPTED NOW AND STRESS IS SHOWING!!!!!HERE IS AS MUCH INFO AS I COULD GET, PC=GENUINEINTEL x86 FAMILY 6 MODEL 8 STEPPING 3.POWER UP DOES NOT GO DIRECTLY INTO MOTHERBOARD BUT INTO TH PSU WHICH ATTACH'S TO MOBO VIA SOME WIRE AND A CONNECTOR ALLREADY MOUNTED ON MOBO THE OTHER HALF OF THE CONNECTOR IS ON END OF WIRES COMING FROM PSU THIS IS THE POWER ARRANGEMENT. I ALSO FOUND <MS6178 VER:1.1> STAMPED ONTO MOBO BESIDE THE MODEM SLOT ETC AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IT HAS <N1996> STAMPED ON ALSO.MAX RESPECT GUYS AND ILL UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS TO TEDIOUS FOR YOU TO STICK WITH.SCOTT

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u scratch my progs,i'll scratch ures!!:-)