The only hardware problem I have is with the Squirrel SCSI device, firstly the seller didn't include a terminator or software (apparently it came from a working set up, methinks not) so now I've tracked those down and tried to use it only to find out the drive is in fact knackered, the point being I've spent a fair amount of money on a lemon... The A1200 I have is okay, The Blizzard 1230 is good and not problematic at all so I'm happy with that, it just jars me off that I've spent so much money on this machine and now I don't even have a cd rom :-( :pissed: