Thank you for your very detailed instructions

I do have a PicoScope 5243D MSO but to be honest I have never used it

I'm a semi-noob at this but I got a genuine interest to learn how to triage at that level.
If I only have chipram installed everything is fine. It boots up and the diagrom happily runs the chipram tests, including address error checks.
If I boot from normal kickstart with fastram installed the power led blinks and the screen stays black. I'm using a RGB to HDMI converter so the colors are not accurate and it lags a bit when the input signal comes and goes.
It's only when I use diagrom that I can get it to boot with fastram installed.
Are there any other tests I can run to narrow it down before bringing out the big guns (the oscilloscope) which I'm not 100% sure how to use yet... Haha