Just tried out that thing below which just happens to be an AMD Athlon XP2700+. A very tasty chip I might add, damn shame that it's crapped really.

The strange PCB/esque thing stuck onto it is part of his fridge coolant system. Stops condensation or something.

My uncle gave it to me to try out since it was either his motherboard that's screwed or the CPU, I now think it's the CPU - PC wouldn't even get to the POST screen.

Six days until ADSL o/