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I'm the buddy Crdean speaks of. I'm headed to the local Apple store tomorrow afternoon. Classic symptoms: no chime, error code generated by the HW test, etc.

I purchased in Feb. of this year and started with 10.3.7. I've upgraded/updated the OS in succession from 3.7 up to 10.4.2. I'm almost certain that I didn't lose the lower slot until after the move to 4.2.

I'll keep everyone updated.

bh
 
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