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And how often do you fry them? I've sometimes hooked a chip's power connections backward, but I've never actually blown one up. :)

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In other news....... convicted figernail bomber, ....

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And how often do you fry them?

Well, I hate to admit it but, three times so far. Two were from overclocking and/or not enough fan. One time I repaired the power supply on the board and bought the wrong transistor. I used a PNP and it should have been a NPN. Nothing wrong with the chips. I just abuse them.