> Just to verify it\'s not some weird hardware issue, did you ever try a 32 > bit kernel with Ingo\'s patches on that machine? No. I didn\'t know you could force a kernel to build as a different architecture. It doesn\'t sound like a fun way to test, isint there another way to see if there is a hardware issue? I\'d really like to use my machine to the fullest, otherwise I could just install 32-bit winblows XP... -thewade