hi. I've a dell gx260.i have red hat installed on the pc.anyhow pc had not been turned on for a few months.anyhow i turned it on today and i get a message saying ' automatic ide configuration' then about 5 seconds later the pc powers off!! I cannot access the bios settings.I've tried various bootdisks and even partition magic - but nothing happens.I've replaced the ram,different hard drive,disconnected the cd rom + floppy drives, and still i get the same message! i've tried everything i can think of but nothin works. any ideas folks??