haha yea bro the ignition was on, im not that much of a noob, but i don't blame you i've seen people do that. I checked the chords too, got 3 cobbs 1 for a 135i, STI, and one for the speed. tried all three, same issue. I'm switching from a standback to the cobb. the standback was hardwired to the ecu, but I ran the bypass and got the same thing. Dashhawk works with the OBDII, and the dealer was able to flash the ecu back to stock, but even after that still no success. Dealer offered to switch out the whole ecu for a new one. Might try that (got the extended factory warranty!).