Hi If you're really hard up and actually have to ability to play with this machine, why not adjust the time to 6:57 (maybe a minute before it reboots) and see what happens. You can do: 1# loop: 2# date >> <your favorite temp filename> 3# ps -ef >> <your favorite temp filename> 4# goto loop at the command line. The temp file will get a little on the big side, but at least you will have a record of everything that happened up to the reboot. Hopefully, inspection of this file after will offer a clue as to the cause. Just a suggestion. Ed Hoeffner 1-271 BSBE 312 Church St. SE Mpls, MN 55455 hoeffner at dcmir.med.umn.edu 612-625-2115 612-625-2163 fax