Thanks for your help Jim. I was doing a hard reset when this happened, and the digitiser came up on screen, and won't react. If you've no further thoughts, please help me find a link to a web page that will tell me how to take apart the palm without wrecking it. I've already removed the IR base, but I don't want to use force to get the back and front off. There's probably a simple trick of the trade involved.
Thanks again for your interest, I live in ireland, and the nearest maintenance centre is Holland, so i don;t want to do without my 2nd-brain for 3 weeks if i can do the work myself..!
Benny