[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blaiz:
Thanks MasDroid, got the goldcard:) but still no luck. This is basically what i have done

I have gone through the steps

1.Download following items:

---- If you have a bootloader version 0.80.xxxx or below AND a current ROM of 1.21.xxx.x or below - DOWNLOAD / MIRROR

ok

2.Unzip the file you downloaded to a directory, then open a command prompt / terminal window at that directory.

ok

3.Turn off your HTC Desire, put GoldCard and then turn it back on with the 'back' button held down. You'll see 'FASTBOOT' written on the screen in a red box. Connect the phone to the computer.

this is obviously where i begin to have problems as my Desire only turns on the the Black screen as previously mentioned, I do however hold the back button and hope

4.In the command prompt/terminal window, enter either 'step1-windows.bat'(for windows), './step1-mac.sh'(for mac) or './step1-linux.sh'(for linux)

here all begins to run and then i get the same error

INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,100

FAILED (remote: 51 partition update fail)

Rebooting to bootloader...

rebooting into bootloader... OKAY

Step 1 complete - now use the bootloader menu to enter recovery mode.

To do this, press the power button, wait a few seconds, then use the volume keys

and power button to select the RECOVERY option.

C:\TEMP\r5-desire-root-alt\r5-desire-root-alt>

the batch file seems to run twice both times erroring like above then finishes the second time with the above Step 1 complete.

5.Turn the phone off via the bootloader menu (or pull the battery and USB cable) and remove the goldcard. Put a non-goldcard SD into the phone or reformat the goldcard and put it into the phone. Put the phone back into bootloader mode (Press Power button and Back button)

here the phone reboots itslef and goes to the same black screen, i pull out the USB and remove the battery ASAP I replace the SD card with a reformatted non-goldcard I try again in a vain attempt to power on in bootloader mode where again all i see is the same old black screen.

6.Navigate to the 'BOOTLOADER' and then 'RECOVERY' option on the menu, using the volume buttons to move and the power button to select.

I can't navigate from the black screen so i just leave as is here

7.In the command prompt/terminal window, enter either 'step2-windows.bat', './step2-mac.sh' or './step2-linux.sh' as appropriate.

here i get the following

C:\r5-desire-root-alt>step2-windows

Desire Root Step 2

Pushing required files to device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

error: device not found

Pushing update file to device sdcard - this may take a few minutes...

error: device not found

error: device not found

Now wipe and apply rootedupdate.zip from the recovery image menu.

error: device not found

so thats about as far as i can go :(

help pleeeeeaassee ;)

8.When this has completed, your device should be at the 'recovery'("green") screen. Select Wipe and then press Wipe data/factory reset

9.Once complete you should be back in the main menu. Now select the option Flash zip from sdcard and than choose rootedupdate.zip

10.Once back in the main menu, choose restart the phone - the rooting process is now finished