well bob (farss) was right - as he usually is!
hadn't thought about it, but a few weeks back we got a panasonic 2.4 gig cordless phone in the studio next to the pc.
well, it seems that everytime we tried to connect an external drive thereafter we lost our wireless (logitech) keyboard, well not lost it, just that is slowed down and wrote gibberish (which i can do quite well without the help of the pc).
so let this be a warning... too many waves can cause a tusnami elsewhere...
all the best to everyone for 2008
leslie