For the sake of my various USB devices, I'm going to ditch the machine. When I have the funds, I'll be upgrading the most of the components anyway (mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU, vid card). For now, I'm fortunate to have invested $50 in a phased out office PC, which I figure is pretty good for a 3.2GHz P4. At least I'm far more confident that this one won't catch fire.

Too bad I won't have an HTPC for a while, though.