Quote Originally Posted by cowpoos
jug cord off his kettle will do the same job....same type of plug....
Yep he used the jug cord to power up the PC to see if he was at least getting a link light between the PC and modem Only one jug though, so still no cord for the monitor. (Yeah, both cords were missing).

Quote Originally Posted by SpankMe
After rebuilding your PC, I would say the problem is with your external ADSL modem not connecting. What make/model is it?
Well the Link and Eth lights on his modem where both going, so unless its a problem with the connection to the ISP... didn't catch the make/model though sorry.