Up for me, FINALLY, in the New York area as of 6:30am this morning. Was able to download covers and get my API key with no issue. Also, it's showing passed under Unity Authentication
You say it boots stock if you remove the standby clk from the board also? if so try the standard clk point on the topside of the board, or try hooking up a seperate crystal, like on the carona consoles. just some other ideas.