So sorry you're having trouble with your mother board. I bought an embroidery machine, used, a few years ago. i have put lots of $$$$ (more than $1000) on classes and software so I could get to the point of doing embroidery projects on my own. Not sure I would chose to do this again knowing the amount of money I would continue to spend. Take a look at embroidery software just for starters, to get an idea of what I am talking about. Hope you let us know what you final choice is. :-D :-D