You talk about phill but I don't know who he is ?
philipma1957, a fellow bitcointalk member, a very nice lad.
I was afraid that it will consume power for the second hashboard but I guess no if he don't detect it. I can too unplug the second hashboard from power.
It won't consume power, maybe a tiny amount, but it will slow down the boot, the miner will keep trying to read asics for a few seconds, so just unplug the power cord and leave it there.
At least the seller refund me 33% of the amount.
Given that the value of each hash board is slightly less than 33% (You have a control board and a PSU) that's a decent deal, the seller was really more than decent to give you such a refund.