yeah i found the jumper so that part is working now as i want. still troubleshooting the display. i don't have anywhere to sit my laptop within reach of the 3ft cable they send. gonna power down double check and inspect my soldering on the adapter. and try swapping the cables even though i have them placeed properly according to reprapelectro manual for the 1.1b board.

I figured i should go to the source of the board in the US :-)