Quoted from RWH:

Over the years on this site I have noticed that Rottendog boards appear to have a lot of inherent problems which makes me wonder if they should be avoided. I've seen many threads where they just don't work or are very shaky at best right from the start.</blockquot

Yes there have been some complaints, but how many people think, when there game wont boot: just get a replacement board without finding out what happened to the last board. If you don't fix what's really wrong you will just cause new problems on your replacement board! This isn't Rottendogs fault,
but they are usually more that happy to repair it at no additional cost.
I've used several rottendog products, and the only ones that have ever failed, were a result of unknown problems elsewhere.
I wouldn't discourage one of the few people (company) who is willing to make new replacement boards. I'd stand behind them.