When you use version 3.0 alpha software, and switch back and forth between it and the 2.0 software, one of the issues is: You need to manually wipe the databases when you switch back and forth between 2.0 and 3.0.

So it seems like the following issues bit you:

- There is a corrupted 2.0 builder image still on the main empeg web site. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, PLEASE PLEASE WON'T SOMEONE FIX THIS?

- When you tried Alpha software (Emplode 2.10 alpha and firmware 3.0 alpha) in an attempt to work around it, which has some issues of its own (such as the database thing) that aren't really documented at all.

Yeah, that's kind of sub-optimal.