Hi Giannis,
It looks like factory-soldering. Very even on each pin, except the pin you are referring too. That looks 'touched'.
The PLCC-ecu cannot be used for reflashing sadly. I would really suggest you keep the AR computer for testing and
tuning. As the flashing of it, only takes 3 mins +/-.
We better find-out why you cannot flash it... it shall be nothing really big. You have the V12 MPPS, like i also have.
What specs are your computer that you use for this job ? I use a P4 old compaq and a newer celeron acer laptop.
They both work without any flaws. Let's rule-out machine-compatibility first. A fresh install of Win7 or XP works best.
Plus no antivirus or spywarescanners on, please. They can interfere....
the 018AR is a audi-ecu... you can also choose A3 under audi and M5.92... 1.8T. That also works. It's basically the same
way of reading it out.
You can diagnose this ecu via vagcom without any problems, right
ifnot, you might be having other issues with this ecu
Cheers,
PvL