Good information Rich! Thanks! I'm going to have another look at the PC when the senior has the time. I might test the hard drive with seatools. chkdsk didn't show bad sectors but what the hay? PC's are created to drive us crazy. I'm also thinking that by unplugging every thing, the caps discharged. I should have tried that, but the sfc scan scared me, and when back to factory failed also, I figured hardware!! Win some lose some. My price was fair.I never charge a senior. Maybe by hauling the tower around, hardware got better seated. I guess we can speculate till the cows come home and never know for sure! LOL
Gary!!