I am going to try that, I am almost ready to open my spare mega (sealed in box) and see if its the device, but that seems unlikely because it works in every other fasion. Were you using 1.0?
As for pins, I am coming directly off the ICSP header on the MEGA for 5 connections, and pin 10 for reset. which should be the same as what is in that picture. BUT I WILL TRY IT ANYWAYS BECAUSE ALKVNALDKFJLWKE.
the beutry of electronics is everything should be repeatable... Also for the record, do you recall the size of the capacitor you used? and your mega was an R3, yes?