Sounds like it is a hardware issue as the other poster eluded to and doing the OS switching scrambled it's brains. Oh, well I always like trying the simple/free fix before buying stuff. Didn't notice when I originally posted that we were relatively close in distance from each other. Like the Maple Valley/Enumclaw/Black Diamond area, have friends down that way towards Mt. Rainier in Eatonville. Good luck with trying to get your sim up and running.