[albee1952]

This might be painful. Do you have insurance? I do and was able to get a decent check for my trashed rig a few years ago. Insurance company told me where to take the PC for diagnosis(no charge) and the tech came back with a report that the rig was toast and would cost $1300 to replace(remember, its all about retail). Minus my $500 deductible and I was well on my way toward a new machine(that was better). I hope the RAM solves it for you!! You might also try a fresh install of all software(maybe the OS is now corrupt). And/or reset and redo all BIOS settings(might even be a good time to bite the bullet and update BIOS). If you have a drive image of your system drive, I would load that(after backing up any newer data, like stuff you may have on the desktop).