Netduino freezes when trying to deploy assemblies to the device!

I'm about to throw this Netduino plus 2 out the window!

 

I've tried everything I can think of and every suggestion on the web I can find including setting it in pre-boot mode, resetting, pressing that button while connecting to the development machine (running VS 2010 by the way), connecting the 3V3 pin to that little connector right below the D0 pin, restarting VS 2010, resetting the Netduinio (where's the memory clear button anyway! Doesn't the Netduino have one?!), etc. etc....  

I still can't get it to load my program. I've loaded programs into this board before and they loaded (mostly) fine! Is this normal?!

 

Somebody please help me!

Thanks in advance.

Steve  

Hi Steve, So sorry for the troubles. I think you may be using the gen1 instructions for erasing your Netduino instead of the gen2 instructions. The new ST chips work a lot differently than the earlier Atmel chips, so the update process has changed to match. Please erase your board using STDFU Tester and reflash it using DFUSE Demonstrator. Instructions are here: http://forums.netdui...-v422-update-2/ Does that get you back up and running? Welcome to the Netduino community, Chris