DSF

I have just had somebody call round and take a look, he says the usb has blown the board just picked one up on ebay will let you know tom if it works

that is so weird, just before i went out earlier just under the 3rd post i replied "was it switched on when you pulled the lead out you might have damaged the board" - i cant have pressed the buttons right, but glad you are sorted

Well I have installed the new board but with the serial port I had the same problem, changed over to the usb and it works yippppeeee

Well done! Was mew MB a big investment???

I bought a machine off e-bay spares or repair £50.00 so have some other bits also