Sorry to hear about your CPU Guitta. Hope you get back up soon! I have been admiring your work from the very first time I started looking at 3d apps. However, I must give you some advice that has saved me from a similar fate: 1) Always monitor the temp of the pc. In my situation, I don't have air conditioning in the summer, so I always touch the case to see if it is too warm. A faint smell of burnt plastic and metal is always a good indication that the pc is too warm also. 2) Monitor fans. I never close my case and it is a self built job, but I always feel the case fans to make sure that I can feel the air blowing. 3) Use an air blower to blow out dust from inside the pc. One reason for fans, especially cpu fans, and power supplies to go out is dust. I blow out the dust from these items often, especially since where I live gets veeerrrry dusty. 4) When the pc gets warm, check the fan output. Pop the case and turn on the pc and make sure everything is working. Never continue to use a pc when it gets warmer than normal. (You should know what normal is for your situation). Call tech support if you have to. 5. Check the bios to make sure cpu fan/temperature monitoring is enabled. This is not always on by default and each motherboard has different options. If that is not available, some motherboards ship with cpu monitoring S/W that you can run from within windows. If it is a pre built system, ask your dealer for more info. I know it is too late for you, but hopefully, these ideas may help you in the future. It helped me, because I had a power supply go bad and I noticed it when I started smelling something burning around my pc. When I touched the case, it was verry warm, warmer than normal. Then I checked for air from the rear fans and felt none from the power supply. Luckily, I caught it before it was too late.