Hi all just incase anyone gets this,
my HDR all of a sudden turned off when i turned back on again i noticed these 6 lights on the front and again after a short time turned off, so thinking they were comming on rightaway at power on it must be a firmware thing as the os on the drive had not kicked in yet, so i replaced the firmware chip and hay presto no more toys outside the pram and is plodding along nicely.
good little boy.
so if anyone has this prob get intouch for a nice new chip.
or i could flash and reprogram yours but it might have an error on it.