I am a noob to mining.
Yes, I realize I won't be getting rich at all with this method, but it just sounds like a fun hobby, so getting rich isn't the point anyway.
A friend and I recently each ordered one of the Modminer Quad units from BTCFPGA. I received mine this week with one broken card (for which Tom is sending out a replacement this week). I've managed to get the hardware set up correctly so that the remaining three cards are able to be powered up. I've also installed Ubuntu - my first foray into Ubuntu/Linux - and BFGMiner.
That's about as far as I've gotten.
When I attempt to run BFGMiner, it gives me an error about OpenCL and not having any gpus present. I'm not trying to mine with gpus though, so I'm totally stuck at this point and clueless as to how to proceed.
The three units run with the fans just fine, though one of the units is missing some pieces:
On that card, the red LED also does not light up.
Does that mean this card is also damaged?
In the brief documentation, it says that the MMQ should be automatically detected by BFGMiner. Mine are not.
I know that part of the problem is that I'm not sure how to proceed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and please understand that I already know I'm a noob!
Also, please don't post just to tell me that I won't make money, or that when (if?) ASICs come out this will all be pointless. I've already heard it. 
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