Firmware v1.3 issue

[dfstudios]

I am not sure what would cause the hanging issue, but with a washed out screen like that it typically means that the application has hung.  Run the updater in Administrator mode, and check to make sure that you don't have some type of anti-virus program that is trying to block the USB communications.  MalwareBytes and a few others can block USB comms.

It's definitely running in admin mode. I disabled my anti-virus software, and it did get slightly further. Unfortunately the updater software now said that there was a communication error and that the firmware is possibly corrupted. Running SCP shows that the hardware and firmware are now both version 0.0.

Attempting to run the firmware updater again now keeps telling me that the card is not in update mode, although curiously the SCP software tells me it is in update mode.

I'm wondering now if I have bricked the card. 

Kind regards,

Francis