So my motherboard died a couple of days ago. Of course it decided to give up while I was in the midst of working which is always convenient.

This was on my PC, not my PowerBook so there was no need to freak out too much. Actually, a dead PB would be kinda cool as I’d likely end up with a PowerMac due to my Apple Care coverage.

Having grown tired of Ubuntu and it’s failure to use my remote, I decided it was time to try something new. I found MythDora (Fedora Core 5 and MythTV) and decided it looked good. I was installing it and got some errors. I suspected that I might have burned a bad DVD but soon I couldn’t boot the damn thing at all; wouldn’t even POST. So I started to unplug and remove stuff and nothing… That can only mean one thing; a dead motherboard.

Dammit, I really don’t want to put any cash into this thing as I only use it for TV. On the other hand, it’s no good the way it is. I managed to find a board that would take my CPU and came home to put it together. It all went pretty well given that I hadn’t swapped a motherboard in a while and soon enough I was trying the install again.

20 minutes later, the install was all done and the configuration began. 15 minutes after that, I was ready to give it a try. I have to say, MythDora is the sweetest implementation of MythTV I’ve ever seen. Everything just worked, including the remote and the features are amazing. I still need to get it to see my second drive but other than that, it’s all good.

If you’ll excuse me, I need to go play and watch some TV…