I have done this, finally, and after having no LCD and no boot for a while, after redoing the LCD interconnect everything works. now only the 7805 is hot, like, can't touch it hot. but, everything seems to be functional. However, upon going into ensemble mode and trying to access the second sid, it registers only one. I connected the SO of Sid2 to J14 like required. no dice. am i missing some fundamental configuration step? thank you guys, i know noobs are really tiresome sometimes. but know that i am having the time of my life, great way to get over an ex-girlfriend :)))