Not sure if this info is what you were looking for, but Burnin seems to have got his board to run with zero hardware errors...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179769.msg2637343#msg2637343. No idea how long that board was running for though.
I don't understand much of what you're talking about but it's fun following this thread anyway

I don't see mention of what chip he changed or what problem it solved. But it makes me feel better that I'm not the only one having to struggle with problems.