There isent a chance I was looking at this thing upside down could I.? shoot I hope not. when i first accessed the ecu the sticker was facing me. that is me on my back looking up, hah. would looking at it this way be the top of the ecu? so I would of actually had the connections "flipped." that would explain it not turning on.
I used the diagram of the pinout above. and treated it as tho it was still plugged in. example. Rpm signal, first plug, top row, third from the right. and did the same. Unplugged the first harness. top row, grabbed the wire third from the right. (first harness being closest to glove box)