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I have my computer back! Time to try installing Leopard on it. Wish me luck.

Hey, here's something interesting: If you rip out and replace a Mac's logic board, the unchanged system software on the HD will, once you boot it back up, decide that it is in a different machine and reset certain settings related to hardware. (All the keyboard settings, the active monitor color profile, maybe a few things I missed.) Which makes sense, but it confused me for a while, especially since all the really crazy stuff (kernel extensions, input managers) was working just fine.

Also, it looks like they silently fixed something that had been kinda bugging me—the monitor of my MacBook used to be attached slightly crooked (you could only really see it when the top was closed), but it's not anymore. Neat.

あまい！

Update: Nope! Nope, nope, nope. Not at all. Know why I can't install Leopard? Because my optical drive is busted! It makes dying sounds, and doesn't mount media. Boo! Applecare has another box on the way to me. I am irritated. GEEZ.

I did learn something, though. If your drive isn't recognizing a disc and won't eject it when you hit the eject button, you can force an eject by going to the terminal and using the command drutil tray eject. Totally useful for getting that CD back before sending the box to the repair shop!

It occurs to me that, along with the hangover that kept me down until 10pm yesterday, this isn't the greatest collection of New Year's omens. >_>