Just got an Antec Sonata tonight to replace my scratched-up, jagged-edged, un-l33t Skylark.

Setup was a breeze. Love the mounting for all the drives. It's amazing how spacious it looks, even though it's the same size as the old case.

Everything went together well until I took out my RAM to get rid of some dust, then stuck it back in without paying attention.

Crunch.

Now I have a stick of 256 MB Corsair XMS PC2700, minus about three resistors. System POSTs less than half the time.

I'm actually sort of impressed I managed to go about four years now without destroying a piece of computer equipment.

Back to Best Buy tomorrow.

Alchemy