Hooray :D :D :D
After a month of faffing about with rma's and re-ordering, I now finally have a new working pc :D
Conroe chip is running at 28 deg. C :shock: :D
New hard drive & mobo arrived from Ebuyer today...
...mobo is fine 8)
...hard drive is DOA again - a Seagate Barracuda this time :!: :evil: :evil: :evil:
If you ever need to order a sensitive computer component - please, don't get it from Ebuyer :!: :!: :!: :cry: