I got the main body of my MDD... and the power supply was deader than a doornail...

Of course, as we all know, this it he most expensive part of an MDD. I hacked together an old ATX power supply I had sitting around and it sprang to life, proving it was indeed the power supply. I tried replacing the fuse in the MDD power supply and it immediately blew, it was obviously beyond my ability to repair.

I got a hold of the guy and said I wanted a refund equivalent to what it would cost me for a new ATX power supply in order to get the system up and running or I was going to dispute the charge since the condition power supply was never disclosed. He said that was reasonable and gave me back the value of the ATX power supply I ordered to install into the system.

Now my only issue is that the system is practically unsalable now. I'm going to make a proper connector so the ATX power supply interfaces nicely with the logic board without any solder/electrical tape/etc... but no one is going to want to buy a system with a hacked power supply for a reasonable price.

I should have known that was too good of a price for a barebones system...