ColRay:
Once again many thanks for all your help .I checked the port and it's No 3 I reckon the problem must be the board I purchased on eBay I'm 99.9 % sure it's a pirate copy. When I look at the board info it tells me "BN: Unknown Board"
I guess you only get what you pay for so I binned it and ordered a genuine board from a Perth dealer , should have by first thing Monday.
As I many thanks for all your help
Colin
PS fingers crossed the new board works lol
Don't bin it, did you select COM3 like I have COM8 on my example.
Can you post a picture of your UNO please.
Can you show me some screen captures of what your IDE shows like my posting?
Thanks.. Tom.. 