ive been lucky so far all of my machines still work fear of a my cdtv dying is the worst but im not going to stop using it, i use it as a cd player as well as a machine for playing old games and i have the hardware mp3 device, bought from eyetech had to do my own bootdisk to run the software though .the only machine i have wich has a fault is my cd32 which does not spin disc properly disc seem to slip stupid sony cd mechanism.and my a1200 my first one for some reason stoped booting with my blizzard ppc and ide controler if i disconnect ide interface it would boot i presume something is playing up a bit with powert circuit, eyetech used to sell a device for getting extra power to ppc board. I can see why your fed up the world seems to be against you at the moment i hate it when things keep going wrong but things will get better just try not to let it get you down to much. :-D