Hi,<br><br>two days ago our tour in Portugal began (<a href="http://www.endphase.net">www.endphase.net</a>), and on the day of the first concert my computer (thinkpad r41) just died on me. When I turn on the power, the led lights up and the computer starts to vibrate, but the screens remains black and doesn&#39;t go any further - no bios show, no boot, no nothing. I had 2 questions:
<br><br>- I installed my rme hdsp pcmcia card on a friends OsX (don&#39;t know now which one, but I think the latest one), and also pd-ext (latest stable version). Audio worked, but there were constant dropouts that wouldn&#39;t disappear (and there seemed to be more dropouts there when there was more audio, and  specially more with held sounds).
<br>Do you know what might be causing the dropouts, and what could be done for it?<br><br>- the dead computer turned on already a couple of times, but isn&#39;t stable. I suspect it&#39;s the motherboard, which could mean it can be trashed. Some other causes could be the hard disk (I&#39;m not sure about this, since the bios splash screen doesn&#39;t show up) and the power source. Any hints about this subject as well?
<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Joao<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Lugostr. 14<br>79100 Freiburg i. Br.<br>Deutschland<br>+49 (0)761 7074997<br><a href="mailto:jmmmp@arcor.de">jmmmp@arcor.de</a>