QUOTE(Haruno @ Jan 27 2010, 11:06 PM)

If it was a diode issue it wouldnt be 00012000 unless it's causing a short somehow.
Hopefully someone knows more about this but from my experience, 00012000 means there just isnt a connection happening.
Try another computer? Just remember it has to be an lpt port on the motherboard, pci cards will not work.
I got error 00012000 because I forgot a diode on pin 11.....