Acutally Thomaspajamas, I just bought a M3 today and it was
$40 and the SD 1 gig card $20.
And I'm also one of the unfortunate that has a bad 4th batch of the DS-X.
Try spending $131 and having it sit on your desk for 2 weeks without
a fix... and checking forums 3-4x a day for a solution. It...
although i ended up accidentally changing my nand with no way of going back bc i didn't know you needed a gamecube controller to restore it (i have a wii minus/1.1, which doesn't have gamecube controller support)
and if i find the sd card i have my NAND backed up on, i can not only restore the NAND if i solder the right part in, but i can also put my NAND on dolphin, then i can play dolphin online, like PMEX Remix or MKWii Riibalanced