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[jorkul]

Well, I was having this same problem last week.  The only way I fixed it was to use a brand spanking new battery.  I am talking not even used once.

I got a 6 pack from walgreens, and I went through 3 of them before I could get it to work.  If you have a multimeter take it to your batteries and use the one that has the closest to 9v.  New ones usually have 9.3v...

[jorkul]

I agree.

It was a bitch getting mine to work.

[shavedrat]

ok, from my own personal experience, heres what I figured out about flashing
First off, get a new battery
second, the computer type you try to flash on matters.  I tried 2 amd motherboards, neither worked at all.  Dont bother with an AMD.  With a genuine Pentium motherboard, my programmer worked fine and flashed first try.  On a celeron (and an old pentium 133 mhz) I had to literally squeeze the chip onto the programmer to get the chip to be recognized, and while programming, I had to continue squeezing it firmly.  

So to sum it up, find a different computer (pentium motherboard) and squeeze the chip onto the programmer to get a good connection (if necessary). hold until flash is done.

Then remove the programmer, and go take a chill while ur arm cramp goes away.