Thank you for the fast reply to my earlier questions in the newbie section. When I tried to go back and post a reply, the option for "reply" was gone. I'm assuming I can't post in the newbie section anymore after only one post? Strange.

I tried your suggestion of using bfgminer, and I am still not getting the full hash rate. At least my speed went from .72Ghs to 1.44Ghs, but its still not in the 2.6 range where I think it should be. The bitminter site interface(live statistics) is now synced with what bfgminer is reporting, and I am at 0% rejected. Here is a screen shot of terminal running bfgminer. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8xnHjfkTh1rQzVKNzRNUlVqcHc/edit?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8xnHjfkTh1rQzVKNzRNUlVqcHc/edit?usp=sharing.

One weird thing I noticed. When using bfgminer, my BF1 has a solid red flashing LED. When using Bitminter client, the LED blinks Red to Yellow. Anyone know what the significance of this is? Maybe it could help troubleshoot.