Thank you kur4o.
I do have the plastic spacer in between the board and the chip. It was very tight to pull so I am guessing it has not move since last pulled.
I can do a quick diagnostic on the regulator see if something is amiss.
Flashhack did not connect at all. Neither all my other tools. I can pull the chip again and try to scramble the bin, but I am using the raw T-bin that I have always used when I can't connect. Only then I can load my own .bin. --- Weird.