I here ya MB. My desktop crapped out last week. Ain't nice when the kidlings rely on that for their electronic babysitter <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> It needed a new CPU fan. How hard can that be? 5 minute job? 10, tops? After competely disassembling the computer, taking all the cables and cards off the mother board, prying a piece off the back and trying to get it reassembled, my 10 minute job took three hours and got me to bed at 0200. At least it works now, but I think the hard drive is failing. If you can recommend a good mirroring software package, I'm all ears.