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Well, you guys have got me feeling better about it. The real culprit here is my Rhinoskin case and the poorly designed hole for the headphone jack. For some time it was putting pressure on the headphone jack when one was in and in turn this pressure loosened the solder points on the motherboard. When I had to go in and resolder the connector I also clipped off the offending portion of the case (which doesn't appear to harm the functionality of the case at all), but the damage had been done.
The new motherboard should be an easy install, as there is just a ribbon cable to connect to the display and you have to solder the battery in (doesn't come with one). I am lucky that PDAParts has one just now, as their stock of such items seems to vary quite a bit. I should have it in a few days. In the meantime I'll have to suffer along in silence, dreaming of the day I can afford a hard drive mp3 player.
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