Hi all,
Just a quick update. I was able to resolve the problem. It appears it was a PP problem on the laptop I was using. My first clue should have been the lack of a proper charge pump signal- Why would anything else work if it is not even putting out a 10k signal on one pin? Pretty stupid in retrospect.
I swapped out the Lenovo T42 for an old Acer Travelmate 740 I forgot I had. It still failed the driver test, but when I ran Mach Turn it worked just fine, charge pump et al.
Now instead of 0.3 IPM rapids I am at 58 IPM! I'm so freaking pleased that even though it is before noon here I might just break out some single malt to celebrate!
Lesson learned. Why use a 1.8 GHz machine when an 800 MHz will do the job lol...
Thank you to all the Mach3 users out there. While I didn't find a specific answer to my problem among all the posts, I have learned much from you all in searching the last few days. Cheers!
Thanks to you Ger as well for trying to help. I appreciate the effort sir.