are there any other means of flashing apart from this bastard programmer

you think that easybuy will send me a replacement?
is there anyway of making sure the metal connecters definately make contact with whateva they need to in the chip, i am willing to experiment as i have 15 games ready for burning. i need some suggestions. will the chio ever flash green inside the box even if the bios isnt done. cos i was gonna get it installed properly(never seemed to want to stay green) and then connect via ftp to my pc and flash update the bios thing there. will this work, well it hasnt for me so far. is there anything i can clip onto etc do to the programmer add foil god i would attatch it to my cat if it would work