Jedi,

Thanks for answering my question. Yes, the style lights come on only after I load a style. I guess then that is the proper function. I just wanted to make sure.

I just started to save data on the board. It all works fine. This is my second board. The first one I returned because of scratches however, that one was a lower version OS and worked very nicely as does this one so far.

No, the speakers are crystal clear no matter how high or low I have them. No hissing no lights blinking etc. Both have worked just fine for me. I will try saving more data to the board and recording with it as well, to be sure its working properly. I did the system check on bootup and it all checked out. The test checked the LEDs but I wasn't sure of the proper function.

Too bad you got a bad one. I really like mine. I hope none of the problems you had with yours comes my way! Thank you for your input.

-Linda