thanks brain damage for your replies.....any more thoughts on what the problem may be?

cheers

Rob

if all was fine before I should imagine either the PSU was falty and damaged the board or a bit of static may have damaged the board.

do you have a local independant PC shop who will be able to test it, or have any very good friends who work at maplins.

they have a tester

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...FSoMQgoddk3Vnw