Flashes of Panic

I started out trying to figure out why the Founder’s DVD-ROM drive was acting quirky.

Now it won’t boot from the hard drive. Drive Not Ready- System Halted (I have ruled out any of my other IDE-bus tinkering, and there was plenty, as causes.) This is what I get for opening the case.

I wonder how much longer he’s on vacation?

[Update: It’s back. Who knew how badly you could jam up a system by plugging the “wrong” end of a ribbon cable into the motherboard? For that matter, who knew there was a “wrong” end?]