Thanks for your reply,

I noticed something else, that I had forgetton to include in my message. After I press enter at the boot prompt it says:

"You have passed an undefined mode number
Press <RETURN> to view all video modes, <SPACE> to continue, or wait 30 secs"

I have no idea what this means...

I tried directly connecting the cable modem to my computer but it froze while booting while it was "Autoconfiguring devices"...

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,

Hatem