I'm pretty sure these are the 4 entries that need to be changed. Can any programmers working on this project verify this as a known issue that needs to be addressed?

admin\modules.php (2 entries for pconnect)
inc\db.inc.php (1 entry for pconnect)
modules\phpbb.aemod (1 entry for pconnect)

In each file, find "pconnect" and remove the p (persistent connection). This has resolved my issue! Woo hoo!