So I ordered a standard Apollo II and this is my 6 unit from Futurebit. ( moonlanders, Apollo LTC, Apollo Btc) some fries from the 6 pins connectors later.. and my full node first batch just stopped hashing 3 months ago .. still don’t know why ….
HERE you have a cool hack :
I converted a standard Apollo II into a full node version with the first MCU ! Working by Wifi Porn pics here :

haha awesome... I personally left the 5v pin on the new board connected (new controllers take 5v directly from DCDC board now), just so it could be backwards compatible with the old controllers
Glad its working for you!