Kind of points at the battery. Worth a shot, although we never heard from phillyb again

. Thanks MR O
OK Found the problem - it had sneaked in a 'Load Default CMOS settings' without telling me - the clue was in one other setting I had changed a while back had 'reverted'. Next task to find out why..............
Last edited by BOAC; 1st May 2011 at 06:33.