23/11/2004 02:30:08, Paul Fidler <praf1@eng.cam.ac.uk> 
wrote:

>I'll have a go. I presume by 'rail' you mean one of the +5V lines 
on the
>CompactFlash card socket (pins 13 and 38 ?) Does it matter 
which one?

3.3V, not 5V, before you start to panic :)

It does sound like you've got software woes as well, mind...

Steve