Bollocks... Yep - the CPU is shot. Now I'm spending two days backing up around 80GB of music, films, TV and pornography. I suppose I should pull off some of the writing too. After that the machine will be back with Alienware for a damn good pimping. Which means I'll be firing up the steam driven piece of crap last used to help fake the moon landings. I'm best approached with caution over the next couple of days... Mike is writing to Cyndi Lauper