Yes, i first made sure of the obvious so the chip 3v3 cable was disconnected. Regarding the V5 methods of installing i could only find the one on the ACE web site with C1, C2 pads. I was not aware there is another method. I will do another search.
When writing the stock nand (or ECC I suppose), does it matter what version of the dashboard I select? Is there anything other than selecting the nand dump bin file and clicking on write nand button I need to do? One thing I remember getting when i first took and dump of the nand is getting a message in jrunner to the effect of the smc.bin, kv.bin need overwriting.
many thanks