[inflames988]

much appreciated, thanks. ugh, i have quite the computer mess to sort out over winter break. i got my dying HDD rma'd, and now another one is starting to make clicking noises. nothing shows up when i run diagnostics but i have a bad feeling about it. also planning to reformat and set up an XP/ubuntu dual boot which isn't hard but is surely time consuming...and lastly, swap cases. I'll never buy another bargain case again; it looks great and is small, but i can't use alll the hard drive bays because the drive rack is so close to the motherboard that the drives hit the capacitors, and everything is way too cralmped and poorly laid out.