Ads will ONLY display with RAW mode

I spent close to 40 hours installing, uninstalling, manually setting up databases (ad_external), manually adding database fields (sitekey), to finally realize the ads will only display if the format is RAW MODE under settings. Most of the time I received something like this when debugging:

ad_dir: '/var/www/dev/sites/all/modules/ad'
debug: '2'
adcache: 'none'
nids: ''
tids: '49'
hostid: ''
sitekey: ''
url: ''
alias: ''
quantity: '1'
aid: '0'
ad_display: 'javascript'
--> Time mark: 16:10:42
Memory usage: 428.441 K
Drupal bootstrap '0'.
Drupal bootstrap complete.
Root drupal directory detected as '/var/www/dev'.

/var/www/dev/sites/all/modules/ad/serve.php: // $Id: serve.php,v 1.1.2.2.2.1.2.1 2009/02/23 22:39:02 jeremy Exp $ 
/var/www/dev/sites/all/modules/ad/adserve.inc: // $Id: adserve.inc,v 1.1.2.31.2.8.2.10 2009/11/23 19:12:41 Jeremy Exp $ 
/var/www/dev/sites/all/modules/ad/adcache.inc: 
/var/www/dev/sites/all/modules/ad/ad.module: // $Id: ad.module,v 1.2.2.29.2.83.2.16.2.38 2010/05/21 19:24:48 Jeremy Exp $ 
/var/www/dev/sites/all/modules/ad/ad.install: // $Id: ad.install,v 1.2.2.4.2.27.2.7.2.8 2009/10/20 23:31:22 jeremy Exp $ 

adserve_cache function(get_ad_ids)
Cache function 'ad_cache_none_get_ad_ids' does not exist. 
Memory usage: 433.699 K
Invoking cache function 'adserve_cache_get_ad_ids'.
Entering default adserve_display.
adserve_cache function(open)
Cache function 'ad_cache_none_open' does not exist. 
Memory usage: 434.547 K
Invoking cache function 'adserve_cache_open'.
Drupal bootstrap '8'.

I hope this helps somebody, if all else fails switch to raw mode under the main settings and try to view.

Best