connect to terminal, dont take off pcb. ctrl+z then F,,22 then m0,6,2,0,0,0,0,22 Thanks for the quick reply. Tried it now, got same result as when i tried m0,2,2,0,0,0,0,22. Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 00, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 0000 User Partition Format Successful - Elapsed Time 0 mins 00 secs Any more ideas? Some info commands that could help understand what's going on??