Well dale, it's got more hours on it then grandpa moses. It still works about all i can say. The sales receipt says july 2004 on it. For a computer thats old. But IDE drives are almost imposible to find as you well know. Anyway..i'll try the drive and let you know if it works. Sure be glad when mtu gets the 64 bit thing working for all the mtu products. Takes time i know.