arc, i wonder what OS release you're using. I testet with 10.2.3 on 3 machines and I always got a picture at least :-) the "loss of second drive when booting" was intended. The "boot" button completely resets and boots the selected disk in drive 1. You're supposed to boot first, and then to insert the second disk. Maybe that's not so obvious or good and I should change it again. But I really am interested in the "no picture" thing. h.