I think you guys may be right about a dud disk (THANKS Apple... actually I got it as a promo so it was technically free). But with the RAM, I still need RAM chips, I know I need to get 144-pin PC100 SO DIMMs, but what of the quality? I don't want Bad RAM chips and I'm not made of gold since these chips are hardly made these days, where can I get some good used chips besides eBay?