Soccomm

Thanks for the help and now solved turned out to be a faulty fan unit

had the new board delivered which turned out to be a dud and does not even power on it came with a new fan and heatsink though so I added them to my machine and everything is fine now and running xp media centre like a dream now just got to hook up my xbox 360 for wireless play heheheheh not payin £50 for a wireless adapter when I have a perfectly good laptop lol