farrkk knows lol yes its what i was told by hooleys in joondalup... he also mentioned that i cant just purchase a micro processor i need the whole dash unit.... but i was told diffrent today by chris rogers from audi express in brisbane who sounds like he knows his stuff, i can get ahold of a new circuit board for $500 but i dont know if this is what needs replacing... and ive now found my battery isnt charging / holding its charge and i dont know if this has anything to do with the dash blowing up, im starting to think it does cus the bloody alternator is running at 15.4Volts! although you think the sparky would have picked up on this? The fuzes are all fine, sparky "repaired" some burnt tracks in the dash but that was all he could find other then this blown "micro processor"..... i dont know where to start.....