For now i'm packing the PM8500 away, until a little parcel arrives from Canada. A fellow member has kindly come to my aid with some Vram and also a CPU card. So hopefully this will put me one step closer to understanding the problem.

BTW Does anyone else own one of these Mac video to VGA adaptors with the dip switches on it? Mine has a grey case, with 10 white dip switches on a black back panel in the center of the unit. It's not much bigger then a VGA to DVI adaptor.

Cheers

James