I guess yes, poor taste, but it wasn't just "a bit of duff hardware" I'd poored days and days into getting every last ounce of performance out that board, I knew it like I knew the A1200 - I could make it do things well outside its specs.
And a damned stable one, up until the psu blew out. After that it went down hill, leveled off for a few months, then yesterday nada.
In other news I gave my mother one of my dogs today, I'd raised her from being a puppy, which between to two of events has left me feeling bloody rotten.
EDIT
Kenny, Karlos, I'll let you in on something: When I have really bad news to give, you won't see it comming from the thread title. what can I say, I'm a Ba$tard like that.