Tried both to no avail guys thanks for the advice though. Basically my pod just isn't talking to my computer. I was told by someone a bit more experienced than me that it could be an issue with PODs not liking usb hubs. It being my laptop I believe that all of my USB ports are considered hubs so the new update may be the cause of it no longer being received by my laptop. That is weird to me though as up until now I've had no problems so it could just be my POD faulting out on me now as well.

This is what I've done so far with no new results:

1.) Rolled back to older updates with all l6 software(except monkey since they new update is required and it won't let me boot it up without the newest update).
2.) Powered down rebooted attempted to reconnect.
3.)Checked that my laptop was registered with l6 (did this when I took my pod out of the box originally a few months back). It wasn't for some reason so I registered it a second time, rebooted, and tried again. Nothing.
4.) Manually downloaded older drivers(instead of using l6 monkey) from line6.com and ran the install. No new results.
5.) Did the global reset on my POD by holding left on the nav button during power up.
6.)Repeated all previous steps with the reset POD. Nothing.

I'd also like to note that I always leave my POD unplugged from my pc except when I initially open monkey or hd edit for detection, or when prompted to during an update install...so I didn't have it plugged in when the red screen pops up and prompts me to make sure it's unplugged during the install.

The only troubleshooting I'm aware I have left as an option is trying it on a different computer unless someone knows any other ideas.

Thanks again.

Looks as though I'll be taking it to be serviced as I have no other forseable solution.

Here is another one as well so you can see what my menu on l6 monkey looks like. Note: After reinstalling the drivers multiple times the ! warning still comes up each time I reopen l6 monkey.