[Wildberrie]

Thanks for your suggestion B.Ray however, I just tried it and still no luck. It was looking good; I got about 22secs and then eeerrrrtt...
Btw, I enjoyed your Max EV posts re. the Macman


Hi Mark,

Thanks for your response and those you have posted regarding other user's similar queries, they have been most helpful.

Re. my system, the only cards/devices I have are listed in my original post. I don't have an Ethernet adapter or, any USBs. I have disabled USBs, Serials & Parallels in BIOS just in case it helped free-up IRQs and CPU power. There is nothing actually attached to these.

My interrupts are:
0 System timer
1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2 Programmable interrupt controller
3 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
4 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
5 (free)
6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7 (free)
8 System CMOS/real time clock
9 Digidesign Digi 001
9 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
9 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
10 Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443
10 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 Numeric data processor
14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14 Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller
15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller


Thanks very much to both of you for your help,
WB.