Finished my first mod and it wasn't as bad as I thought.  Miner working and has no HW errors and no rejects since I swapped in the 49.9k resistor.  Testing with an updated Scripta image now to see how fast she'll go without errors and will update.

What's the power draw with the 49.9k resistor mod? 

Still okay to make the fan (quiet please!) mod as well?

Cheers!