I left this open.  While my speed issue is resolved, others are unsure about redball issue during the parity check.   I will apologize right off, because I know there are a couple threads talking about this issue.  I am not trying to turn this into another one, but at least one person suggested a solution is not even on the drawing board, so my intent in asking is to decide if I should just sell the card on Ebay and not worry about it, or just hang on for a bit and wait.   I actually just