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Our grey ones were from Wilko. Can't remember the price. The £ shops sometimes do 4 tiles for £1. Limited colour choice but cheapskates can't always be choosy!

Looking likely to be the screen then imo. Possibly the back light. Digging it out again / knocked in storage might have re seated the memory enough. Do you have a spare VGA lead? Does your telly have a 9-pin VGA port in which to plug said lead?

Try removing and reseating the memory: https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln293445/understanding-beep-codes-on-a-dell-desktop-pc?lang=en

No. Aside from anything else your new one will likely be SATA. Might not be but still won't work.

One of these would allow you to connect the HDD to another pc with ease. Probably even cheaper on Amazon etc. I'd lend you mine but for a fiver, postage would cost more! https://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/buy-rent/N029722W? Another option is booting from a Live Linux CD. Assume this only had a CD and not DVD drive.

How many beeps / pauses? Generally means something. You could try connecting to the tv or another screen with a VGA lead in case it's the screen. Then press Fn and F5 probably to connect to an external "monitor".

Like I said what "action" did you get when the laptop died? Did the HDD whir or just keep ticking like it was stuck. See my edited post and confirm what type of drive. By putting in a caddy you may be able to view /copy the drive contents even if the OS on that drive is corrupt and stopping it booting up.

ANY screen action at all? There may be a chance you can remove the hard disc (easy), slap it in a USB hard drive caddy then connect to your current laptop to get the files off. What make and model is the XP laptop? Edit: Just read you just kept the HDD. Is it IDE or SATA?

Had my M&Ds kitchen and bathroom lino'd a while back. The carpet shop fitted straight over the cracked old bitumen tiles. No underlay etc. Though they advised proper prep and underlay D wanted the cheapest job and it'll v.likely outlast him anway. That pic of mine a couple of pages back with the grey tiles. They're self adhesive, cheapest of the cheap. SWMBO laid them straight onto the well scrubbed, cleaned and dried existing lino.

Same GFC100 stuff I referred to though think mine is grey rather than "natural". You suggested it to me, maybe on eBuild even? I remember now getting IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to clean the pipes after roughing up.

I bloody hope so! Not knowing any better I used brown by mistake from my wc: Backed it up with white CT1: Seemed to test OK. Fingers crossed as it's all boarded over and tiled now. Used Polypipe GFC100 adhesive.

Best I fit some grab handles!

Ran out of muck / couldn't be ar$ed doing another mix / call of the mild ?. That and the thought of @pocster residing in the bath! ? Getting there. No cutting today just laying. More of both tomorrow.

MS Project...what a load of b@ll@cks. Been there, done the course.

+1, the 2G window in the bathroom refurb is a huge and obvious cold spot. Not draughty, just oddly cold when near it over it's whole area.

When you do the lino I wonder if there's any mileage in laying a foil based underlay, something like this: http://www.therma-foil.co.uk/flooring.php ?

Took me over 2hrs and 5kg of adhesive to lay 6 tiles! Got the bottom trim CT1'd on as well: Not sure whether to slope the tiles a bit like I did the shower pockets, when I tile the shelf?

Ta. Tbh it's on the back of the bag. 15:28 and just about to get these fiddly 20 or so on!

Good point. Nearly a kilo bag.

Ta. Still not clear on where CT1 comes into play with these 1mm gaps? Do they get: - just clear CT1 wiped off or - CT1, wiped off then grout or - grout, then CT1 rubbed in...and wiped off Cheers

So this is set up to suck air OUT of the house? Then you go around edges, junctions etc listening / feeling/ holding a bit of tissue and seeing if it "wafts"?

I've got 2KG of grout. Enough?

Something on these lines maybe? Improve the drainage around the house and insulate? Would mean paying a man with a digger. Deffo won't be as easy as in the pic as your foundation will likely be wider than the wall sitting on it. This picture of my place. You can see the blue duct passing under the strip footing which is wider than the wall. My house is similar to yours in that it looks like one big house but is really made up from add ons from when it was built in the 30s. Hence many different wall thicknesses and make ups. Hell, some walls are made from 3 or 4 different brick, block types all rendered over. I feel your pain. I've been considering EWI but rather than going straight down with the board would need to dog leg around the fittings.