Ok think I just fried my CPU! It smells funny and has a small brown area underneath the core around the pins. Anyways time to get a new one hehe. Before I do, if a CPU gets fried could it mess anything up in the computer? Everything seems to be fine other than the CPU hehe. But i need some suggestions before I get another CPU. As of now I have the mobo listed below. Im wanting a good AMD XP cpu so that it will run on that board as well as when I buy an AN78X soon.