Hi All
Thanks for the replies...i'd say its about 2 years old, so i would imagine its out of warranty at this stage. The transformer use to work, tried about 50 different power cables and the light on the transformer refuses to illuminate...very odd must have gotten damaged when I moved house.
anyway, found a spare one on ebay for about 10 euro so i have ordered that hopefully it shall return my DNS-323 to functionality.