Have you had any drive issues? Check for IDE cables being dodgy and/or
shorting to the case - I had a recent experiance similar to yours where
this turned out to be the issue.
Aidan Gauland wrote:
I can't reassure you *that* far. But the only components that I have
touched before this problem started to occur are the drives.
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Can you re-assure us that it is completely impossible that your
machine could have suffered damage from static electricity?
That is to say, you have _always_ used an anti-static wrist strap when
touching _any_ part of your computer?