Knightmare I think he meant that he bought 2 Mobos and 2 CPUs, all seperate, but as a package deal (correct me if I'm wrong raven).

I have had one or two dead CPUs fresh out of the box, from both Intel and AMD, and most stores will not refund on CPUs or Mobos because you can't prove you didn't rush home and assemble it all wrong and fried it yourself

Still like anything you buy, now and then a dodgy part gets through the system, is shipped and sold and the customer ends up with dead components. Sad I know, but at least you got store credit.