Thank you again for the follow up and trying to help. I am running mine on a single 220v 40A so that should be plenty on my end. I am really leaning towards it not being a defective back plane at this point as I have been testing on multiple machines. I emailed Bitfury support a few times over the last couple weeks and never received a response. This is getting a little frustrating lol.
Was utilizing the jumper to update the firmware a solid requirement for getting your miners up and running? I tried the exact process you described, but did not have any luck:
1.) Flash a SD card with Openminer v1.2 image
2.) With the jumper added to the MB, connect to the miner and run a firmware update (I am using a makeshift jumper - penny and electrical tape)
3.) Once the firmware is updated, restart the miner and remove the jumper for normal operations.
I tried this scenario with both v1.2 as well as 1.3.3. I also tried Slushpool, Antpool, BTC.com, and Kano pool. If the the jumper/firmware update process the main determining factor which allowed you to finally start hashing, I can order a handful of jumpers just to make sure of the outcome of that process.
I emailed Bitfury Support for a 4th time today so hopefully that might wake them up (not holding my breath). I am willing to pay someone for support at this point because I am losing money everyday by not having these machines up and running. Please keep me updated if you have any additional ideas.
Best,
-Shane