It doesn't really go into standby randomly or anything. I'm not really having a problem with standby.

When you say that you have the proper diodes to fix the problem, is this the piece that is soldered inline in the ignition sense wire (from the FAQ entry)? If so, I have no idea how to do this.

I could probably eventually get used to the negative spike bug issues, but the empeg locking up frequently when turning on is troubling.