yes phunkdoktaspok, i am no genius either, nor am i no electritian, but i do know my basic electics. however, i do agree with you that you still dont have a clue, power measured in amps??? i wasnt refering to the current drawn by the ecu nor did i mention anything about the starter motor, which you are correct that it does draw alot of amps from the battery when cranked, but it runs on a different circuit to the ignition circuit, which in this case has no relavency.
goin off my experience with a very similar problem to this one, where the cause of problem was a faulty battery. you stated before that 'if the motor is cranking over the battery is fine', well thats what i thort until i changed mine and the motor ran properly again.(no need for imature gameshow noises)

well, if a battery is faulty, it may have dropped a cell and the power output(in volts) would be less than 12v(well thats what i would imagine) , the battery will not charge to its full capasity but when the motor is cranking over the altinator is puttin some charge back into the battery as it is spinning around. the ecu for instance is a little more complex than the altinator which has stuff like microprocessors and little gadgets in it and probably requires a certain voltage for it to work and if it has a too low of a voltage it would cut its off which would then stall the motor. well this was the problem with my car and i didnt need to be no electritian to fix it
im probable not completly corect but i must be close