Bill D -

Your ancient PC appears to be about the same age as mine, but mine had the additonal benefit that I never needed support from the builder until about a year ago. When I tried to contact them I learned that they'd filed bankruptcy and folded the company about 6 months after I bought it (5+ years before I thought I needed them).

Maybe that's part of the reason it took so long for the old beast to start getting cranky - no tech support to mess it up.

John