Hi all. Yes nearly 7 weeks to the day we left sunny Sheffield, our goods arrived yesterday! We went with Anglo and only had a part container, they used Bekins here who were very efficient, a few phone calls and faxed documents later our delivery was arranged. The guys literally deposited all the boxes in the appropriate rooms, unpacked them and left the stuff in situ for me to find a home for.! After 7 weeks of the minimal look I found it hard to place things.
These was one box missing, apparently they never checked it off from the container so it may well be back in Blighty. Unfortunately it is a box from my 5year old sons bedroom -full of his dressing up outfits..
After unpacking our home pc (we have a laptop too) there is no power to the hard drive at all. My husband has tried changing the voltage on the back but it still won't work. The monitor won't work either. We have tried plugging into a different socket in case that was the problem, but nothing works. The computer holds lots of photos not to mention my itunes library! Anyone faced the same problem? Any advice would be great especially if I get to sort it before OH comes home from work! Gold Star for me.

You might want to read this:

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Should...rical_goods%3F

Your monitor is unlikely to work without a transformer - unless it's very new and expensive, you'd probably be better off just replacing it - reasonable sized flat screens are pretty cheap these days.

As for the "hard drive" not working - I'm assuming you're referring to the whole computer rather than the hard drive which is a component inside the computer that stores the data. That's a bit more difficult to understand. Is the switch on the back actually marked 110/220V or something similar? Before you throw it out, you might want to just replace the power cord with a North American one - should be available from any electronics store.

Hi - our computer and screen had a button at the back to switch the voltage. Then we went to Future Shop (computer section) and bought two new power cables at a cost of approx. $10 each. It's worth a try before you buy a new computer!

Actually, my experience is that monitors (perhaps with the exception of the dirt-cheap ones) are normally dual-voltage.

But yeah, if the PSU is dual-voltage it should just be a matter of plugging it in using a Canadian cable and changing the switch to 110/120V if it doesn't auto-sense. I guess something inside the PC may have come loose, so you might want to open the case and ensure all the cards and cables are solidly attached.

Hi Bazz, Just double checked - it has a switch 230/115 I have switched to 115. I think the problem will definately be the power cords as there is no power at all.. was just thinking that when you responded, will pop along to future shop and pick a couple of new power cords up (thanks for the tip andrew and linda).