What???3.If you can read the inscription AMD somewhere on the surface of the CPU, it most likely is DOA.
<font color=red><i><b>Rubbing alcohol</b></i></font color=red> will do just fine. You really don't know what you're talking about, right?4.It may require a nasty cleansing solvent to remove the soot.
Nothing! Same thing would happen if the mobo is DOA! AMD's CPU is unlikely DOA unless you burn it (w/o heatsink fan) which you can physically see when examining it.My question is, what will happen if the CPU is dead when you hit the power button?