I have 2 batch 1 Apollos and have installed the upgrade kit on one of them. I have 2 questions:

1.  Everything seems to be working fine on the upgraded Apollo, although the miner dashboard shows the hashrate 121.19 and does not change.  Is this a glitch on the new image?

2.  I ran both Apollos on the original image for months without interruption. (Using Litecoinpool).  Prior to the latest upgrade I put image 1_29 on both Apollos and each day or two they would disconnect from the pool. Although still online, I suspected something related to the Infinity pod they are on in my garage so I connected both via wireless and it seemed to improve.  Now that I have one using the full node image and one using 1_29 the full node image seems to stay connected to the pool, but the other drops off each day and I must reboot the Apollo to reconnect.  My question is can I use the full node image on the Apollo that is not upgraded?

Appreciate the help.

Also of interest, I found a block on litecoinpool a couple of days ago.  First time ever.  Of course mining on the pool there was no monetary reward for it, but interesting!

I changed my 2 Apollos to balanced mode about 6 weeks ago and they are running very stable averaging about 121 Mh/s. I found the testing done by #whiteogre interesting.  Can the same kind of analysis be done in balanced mode?  What are the stock settings when on balanced mode?   I don't have any issues with hardware errors, just wondering about efficiency. 

Phil,   I noticed in your post on Feb. 7 that with the same settings your miner temp was 63 deg c.  Assuming the diff is due to room temp.  May be helpful to know the room temp when setting a fixed speed.

I put the new image on card last night and Apollo started up perfectly with no issues.  It has been running for approximately 14 hours with everything on default/auto mode and all seems normal.  There is a difference in the low fan speed on auto.  Previously it ran at 950 rpm at its low speed and now it runs at 1120-1170 rpm at low speed and seems to fluctuate in that range, not really settling on a constant speed.  This causes a fan noise that I would describe as "fluttering" for lack of a better term.  The fan at idle produces more noise with the increased rpm, but I need to leave it on auto due to its location so it will cool down when needed. It is borderline "quiet" enough for its current den location.  It does maintain the same temperatures as it did previously(64-66 degrees C). It is mining normally at about 101.58 Mh/s on the ViaBtc pool.  I would like to mention that the Apollo with the previous image was very stable for me also with only 3 disconnects in a month and 2 of those were pool issues. The fan/temp issues I have noted, other than perhaps the "fluctuation" at low speed, are my own due to the location needed to hard wire it to the LAN, not technical associated with the new image.

Thanks!

Apollo has been running flawlessly for 2 weeks now, but disconnected from the pool a couple of times.  Is it possible to set up a backup pool (failover)?

Apollo arrived by Fed Ex two days earlier than expected.  Is up and running fine so far, but I have one question.
I am using a Seasonic Focus 550W PSU.  There are 2 6-pin PCI-E connectors on the cable that plugs into the PSU and there are 2 sockets on the Apollo, but when I first started it up I wasn't sure if both should be connected so used only one of them and it worked fine.  I now have both plugged in and it still works fine.  Question is, does it need both connected and if not why are there two sockets?
Thanks for the prompt shipping and Apollo looks great!

To run at 876 did you need to adjust the core voltage and if so what is it set at?  Thanks.

Interesting that the answer to my question seems to be don't mess with these things and they don't work reliably.  i am running these on 2 separate powered usb hubs and they work just fine and have been very stable.  it seems like the problems start when cranking them up too high and when using inadequately powered hubs.  I don't have that problem.  I do understand the response that running them with separate workers/devices does not really accomplish anything and isn't worth the bother.   Thanks.

I am fairly new to this and have a simple question that I have not been able to find the answer for.  I am using 4 moonlander 2 devices on litecoin pool and would like to set up to use different worker for each device.  Do I need to create a separate bfgminer start file for each device/worker?  If so, how do I show the device in the start file instead of "all".  I am using a Mac.
Thanks, help will be appreciated.