Hi John..

You are right I am sure.. Friend reckoned I could get away with using the laptop as he had shown me posts from other forums where others had used low power laptops, I did reconfigure Windows 2000 into PC mode, which disables the power saving features.. Sigh, looks like I got to haul my big pc into the workshop.. Should tell me if that was the problem anyhow..

Will let you know how I get on John.. Thanks..

Steve..