In the past 3 years I have built/repaired several hundred systems and have only ran into one bad CPU(a K62 with a failed fan). Not including the obvious cracked cores or fried from bad installation, ...

The alarming trend of CPU failures is showing no signs of slowing down, as an internet cafe owner faces significant hardware ...

it's a powermac dual 1.25, combo and super drives, with no extra hardware hooked up (other than kb/mouse). and, thanks for reminding me, i did run techtool deluxe and found no cpu/cache/ram ...