ok, with that ruled out i will fit flex or topfire again then and post up pics of my wiring if i can get my camera to work. i have flex fitted in a controller i did over a year ago on a matrix 1 that works fine, but it seems that i havnt been able to get any others to work since.
ok so i found this on xboxscene.com from RDC
"TP5 on this board is 0.5v off and 1.8v when on, versus the 0v/1.8v of the old Matrix."
And i found this on google aswell for the best power source, that my guess is 0v off/1.8v on