Thank you all,
I was able to update the firmware and reinstall drivers for the asi120mm. I also ordered a new cable as it seems to be a common problem. Last night I was able to connect the camera and it seemed to be working better, no split framing etc. I did play with the gain a little last night but not to 100 so I will give it a shot. I may just get a 3.0 version in the near future anyways. Many times I do 1sec exposures during unguided runs for PE evaluation, but you're correct during guiding runs I try to remember to be at 2+ second exposures. I'll also remove multistar just to be sure
Michael, you are correct even with the camera playing more nicely now, it's separate from the mount issues, I still had a lot of jumpiness.
I believe at this point I'm going to take apart the mount again, and try to more precisely degrease/regrease everything in case something was left behind, it is a 2001 mount after all. I'll search through the group but also open to any regreasing tips, tricks, critical things to watch for (lint? Degreasing overnight?) I've seen Scotts videos on youtube and try to follow those. Another thing is I will try a larger east bias, does anyone have a way to quantify this? I saw someone balances neutral then ties a can of tomatoes on the end of the CW shaft haha, that's definitely more bias than I've been doing, maybe larger bias is worth a shot (not using cans though, I have enough issues!)
