Index: firmware/App/Services/FPGA.c
===================================================================
diff -u -r9b1ae2d7327c0b865be12685641dea8668368ac1 -r4e5e338d28d8f856870e37df079df1d931b46587
--- firmware/App/Services/FPGA.c	(.../FPGA.c)	(revision 9b1ae2d7327c0b865be12685641dea8668368ac1)
+++ firmware/App/Services/FPGA.c	(.../FPGA.c)	(revision 4e5e338d28d8f856870e37df079df1d931b46587)
@@ -606,12 +606,6 @@
             break;
     }
 
-    // if retries for commands exceeds limit or FPGA reports comm error, fault
-    if ( fpgaSensorReadings.fpgaIOErrorCntProcessor > MAX_COMM_ERROR_RETRIES )
-    {
-        SET_ALARM_WITH_2_U32_DATA( ALARM_ID_DG_FPGA_COMM_TIMEOUT, MAX_FPGA_COMM_FAILURES, (U32)fpgaSensorReadings.fpgaIOErrorCntProcessor )
-    }
-
     // reset comm flags after processing incoming responses
     resetFPGACommFlags();
 
Index: firmware/App/Services/WatchdogMgmt.c
===================================================================
diff -u -r9b1ae2d7327c0b865be12685641dea8668368ac1 -r4e5e338d28d8f856870e37df079df1d931b46587
--- firmware/App/Services/WatchdogMgmt.c	(.../WatchdogMgmt.c)	(revision 9b1ae2d7327c0b865be12685641dea8668368ac1)
+++ firmware/App/Services/WatchdogMgmt.c	(.../WatchdogMgmt.c)	(revision 4e5e338d28d8f856870e37df079df1d931b46587)
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@
     if ( PIN_SIGNAL_LOW == getCPLDWatchdogExpired() )
     {
         // ignore expired watchdog until after watchdog POST
-        if ( ( WATCHDOG_SELF_TEST_STATE_COMPLETE == watchdogSelfTestState ) ||
-             ( getCurrentOperationMode() != DG_MODE_INIT ) )
+        if ( getCurrentOperationMode() != DG_MODE_INIT )
         {
             activateAlarmNoData( ALARM_ID_DG_WATCHDOG_EXPIRED );
         }