i dont think is a bad flash it might just be how your chip is seated on the lpc and not getting a good connection all the time i went through that with my spider 1.1 and i have a v1.0 xbox what i did was i found the "sweet" spot on the lpc then i taped the chip down with black elictrick tape after the screw is set of corse and then i found some qork and used a ruler and the black dvd tray set in the xbox and and figured out how big a piece i needed and cut it and centerd it on the pogo pins marked the dvd drive where the qork will sit then i super glued it to the dvd drive and put my xbox back togeather and work fine a piece of a bic pen cut right will work too