Root Phone frozen

[Dran]

I installed Villain 5.4 last night but wasn't too happy with the performance. I decided to try 5.3 but being on T-mobile had to go the goldcard route to downgrade first. Whilst running Hero RUU my phone lost connection to my PC and I wasn't able to reestablish it. I've taken the battery out of my phone to try and reset it but now get a white screen with the following:
HERO CVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.76 0007 (HERO10000)
MICROP-010f
TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104
RADIO-6.35.09.26
Aug 4 2009, 19:43:30
RUU

There also appears to be a picture of a chip with a red cross behind it at the bottom of the screen.
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MY BEAUTIFUL, BEATIFUL PHONE AND WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX THINGS?!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you forum.

 

[Xyro]

Why did you goldcard when you already have 5.4 installed? Downgrading is a one time thing.

Can you boot into the recovery menu? Or run the RUU again?

 

[Dran]

Probably because I'm an idiot. Tried RUU but it won't connect to my phone. Recovery menu is HOME and POWER together, right? Can't get into that either!

 

[Xyro]

Yeah that's right...

Here's a thread I found about it : Borked my Hero - Page 2 - xda-developers

Do you have the option for fastboot?

Either way I would post this over at Modaco. They're pretty good at fixing things like this.

 

[Dran]

Er......

 

[Xyro]

I think it would just say fastboot somewhere on the screen if you did. It's just that seems to be how the guy in the topic I found fixed it.

 

[Dran]

Ah well, thanks anyway. Should have just left it at 5.4 and waited for updates. That'll learn me.

 

[Xyro]

Post it over at modaco. Trust me, they're good.

 

[Dran]

Hmmmm. Tried a different USB cable, ran RUU again and lo and behold it worked! Thanks for all your replies anyway.