i spoke with support today. seems the battery is bad. they explained that the eboard would flash if there is not enough current supplied. that would also explain why when i plug the battery into the balancer it would flash instead of solid red when charging. protection mode i think he called it. he had me check the cells terminal and the esc terminal with a mm and got

from the esc terminal 8.01v

from the charging side each terminal
2.34v
3.33v
8.02v

Some good news out of this i should beable to spin her up in a week or so when i get the replacement pack there sending me.