The home computer has now been basically scrapped. A new motherboard, which means new cpu, ram,heatsink and fan have now been ordered. On the plus side I should have a pc that will (on paper) be twice as fast. On the downside I have a dent in the wallet – not really want I wanted. I’ve also suffered really slow internet this weekend and this afternoon its been almost impossible to connect, with connections on adsl lasting a minute if I’ve been lucky. I replaced the netgear router with my original conexant one and i’m back to normal. I really hope that the router is not fried too (although that should be under warrenty)