Okay, my 'non-pencil-trick' mod is:
Replace C36 10nf with a 100nf capacitor = no more pencil tricks! 'yay'
This includes the other 3 mods i.e. the two jumpers and resistor change out on page 14 (Sandor's mods) of this thread.
I have run over 36 hours with ZERO hardware errors - 1000MHz (stable) at 568KH/s peak - 378KH/s average pool side .07% stale shares out of 587,114 valid shares. Comm port FIFO's were set at 14 Receive and 16 Transmit.
It's still running strong and stable. So I believe this mod is a pass!
I"m looking forward to trying out nemercry's mods when he finally releases the particulars. His results sound fantastic!
As usual, if you do these mods, you do them at your own risk!
378 kh/s is lower than you should expect at 1000 MHz. Reported hardware error counts only tell half the story. A reported hardware represents a nonce that your miner thought was valid, but really isn't. It's way more likely that your miner would be corrupting and missing valid nonces, which are unfortunately not detectable.
And....let's not forget. Pool side results are inaccurate to the degree of and methods by which they are averaged. A different pool can see the same results 'differently' - substantially differently, from my own experience as well as others on here.
1000MHz @ 378KH/s pool side vs 950MHz @ 283
That's what I'm seeing over here.
I'm just sayin
