Hi Guy I'm new to the quadcopter scene just got my drone Phantom 3 Professional on wed  and it requires a FW update but any and everything i do it wont take. its a pretty old version too. any help on if you had issues and what you did to solve the problem

Try following the procedures in this thread: http://forum.dji.com/thread-35873-1-1.html

They work.

Your question is not really answerable because you don't give enough information.  What EXACTLY have you done?  What EXACTLY was the result?

Hi ,
Please reffer to the "How to update the firmware" file . If the RC firmware is older than version 1.3.2 , please update the RC firmware to 1.3.2 first . Then update the RC firmware to the latest . And update the aircraft  
firmware to the latest with SD card . You can also check the thread as "Geebax" reffered .