wow, thanks for the uber quick reply :) much appreciated. having a bit of grief with the place i bought it from, as they did a custom order from you for this VFD panel, and since i know the place i bought it from personally, i got no reciept and they didnt put their waranty sticker on it anywhere ...

tried the drivers as a fresh install (removed the old drivers pre-install of these drivers you list)

also, i`m on a fresh install of winXPhome+SP2 , with those latest drivers and still no luck.

yep, thats been checked.

but also, when you turn the PC on (power to the LCD panel) it comes with with a kinda test screen with the MO logo, and "matrix orbital VFD display" just so you know it's powered up.

device manager cant even see it, let alone saying it's not working properly.

thanks for ...

had this display around 6 months now, and i`ve recently done a pc upgrade, so PC has been fully stripped out, including the VFD display which i put safely to one side, in an anti-static bag to save any damage being done.

i come to refit it, and plug the two cables in (USB and the 4pin power ...