heh, at least I had a hs and fan on mine so they're going to replace it. How long would it take a processor to burn up with no hs or fan on it though? seconds, minutes, longer? Not that I'm stupid enough to actually try it out, just curious, cause the guy from the company I bought it from said that it was probably caused by an improperly installed hs/fan and unless it can burn up in a matter of seconds it couldn't possibly be that. (and even if it could I doubt that's what caused it since both me and my friend fried our cpus)