Wow! I looked under the lighted magnifing glass to see what type of screw heads were involved...found out it needs the square bit...Another trip to the hardward store! Was a bit upset, and so I tapped (rather uh, firmly) on the sides and b ack of the unit. For giggles, I tried a flash again...and it started!!!! I got excited, then I got another error...this time the message read...

found empeg unit: entering program mode
manufacture=0089, product=88c1
waiting for promtp
starting erase [100%] erase ok
starting program at 8x10000 [
Error: program(10000) got code a
Prese the Enter key to continue

I can get that to repeat...but no further....is this a good sign or a bad sign?
Thanks!