Thanks for that,

it turned out to be the keyboard taking it down. A new cheap one by Cit Model KB-1807UB.

Quite glad I did not have to try and read the boot messages flying by!

Thanks again from a verry chuffed Gruff

<t>So,<br/> <br/> chuffed to bits to get my Pi through this morning. Had already uploaded the SD card and sorted out all the leads and bits ready for the new arrival....<br/> <br/> sadly it will only boot to the point where I get :<br/> <br/> "Kernal panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt...