Twiddles for Intel 815EA chipset
That particular board/chipset has to be reset to boot from CDROM, or it won't
And yes, I did. Seems like it might be a combination of hardware and software failures. Stuck the HDD in another box as a slave, managed to grab most of the files I didn't get before it decided it had enough. Has now perished. Dropped another HDD (Loaner) in my box when I got home.
No joy.
Ergo, a whole nother system. Which will be forthcoming Thur wehn they set up the new ones. I get one of the discards, whch is exactly like my old. Should be, both were bought on same contract from same supplier.