The "bad flash ID" message isn't really avoidable - basically, the mk2 powers up *much* quicker than the mk1 did, which means that unless you push the power plug in *very* quickly (or leave the DC power jack in the empeg and then plug it into the wall) the empeg can think it's running on DC power and it won't allow you to go into the flash utility.

We're working on making future upgrades work via emplode, so you can do them by serial/usb/ethernet, which gets round this problem and also makes them faster.

Hugo