Thanks so much for the info guys! I've been scouring the net for the past 6 hours searching for a way around this thing... Finally, with all of your help, eureaka! My mistake was trying to use the official firmware (4.18) with my acekard 2i--I had no idea that AKAIO was so useful!
I feel like school, back when I was actually in school, was more entertaining though, because of how much I get to interact with people, hang out with friends, and other stuff like that. All I get to talk to at work is my boring coworkers lol