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>  OH, yerah, power supply: I am running mine off a 12 volt rail, and the
> regulatro is not even noticeably warm to the touch, so I don;t think
> that is a problem.


Just for chagrins, have you measured VCC?
The reg might be cool, because it's not outputting much current,
because it's blown..

Mine is running a M128 with NO leds on, and the left reg is very warm,
right is relatively cool, with 12V input.  "very warm" as in "I don't
want to keep my finger on it"