I think my k8n has cooked my cpu...

hi there...
i have had a bad run with my pc.i upgraded my k8t neo to a k8n neo...my first k8n lost the sata controller after a very short time.the second k8n had no sound out of the box.the third one had what can only be described as static damage from the start...less than an hour after it was installed(using static safe procedures)it freaked out for about half an hour...we turned it off,checked cables screws etc.and on reboot it seemed fine.this happened with increasing frequency over a couple of months,until in desperation i put the k8t back in,and flashed the bios.now its stable(with the k8t in it) but using several memory throughput benchmarks(sandra etc) my memory throughput is down to that of a pc2100 athlonxp rig.i use pc3200...no the memory has no issues whatsoever,its been exhaustively tested,and,of course,i have an athlon64.the k8n mobo exhibited symptoms suggesting,memory,video card,motherboard,sound card,dvd drive,onboard ethernet.hard to pin down,and extremely frustrating,and intermittant enough to be impossible to prove.i took it back to the place i got it from and they sent it to msi in taiwan...because the place i got it tested it on their own gear(cpu,psu,etc) and the mobo absolutely crapped itself.the memory throughput issue only started happening about 3 weeks ago...which was the main reason i changed the mobo's,as on the k8n the throughput was down to that of my gf's p3 600,which has pc100 memory,and thast told me something was very wrong.also the n kept losing the cmos,which was annoying(system time,bios settings etc.).of course being buggy it was frequently benchmarked,so i know the memory issue happened within a 2 week period.also,the fact that the memory has better thruput on the t board tells me that the n board has serious issues,considering the a64 has its own memory controller.also the n board was giving me ridiculous readings,telling me that the cpu was running at 567mhz etc.(its a 2ghz a64 s754),the t board does not.
the machine is stable now,but only for about 24 hours,it used to run happily for days,before all this started.
what i want to know is,how can i get my retailer to replace my cpu?...i have 20 years of electronics experience,including manufacturing,which was how i knew static was what caused this,the symptoms are very typical of static damage,and also that it happened in the factory.
i need this cpu replaced,because its costing me a performance hit(and,the board broke it,they should fix it...) and when the next round of 3d shooters comes out,this machine will be practically useless...
are there any precedents for this kind of behaviour?...does thius happen to n boards a lot?...what should i do if the retailer refuses to replace the cpu?
thanks.
its a k8,t at the mo,n platinum usually,socket 754 3200+ @ 2Ghz,1G ddr 400,geforce 6800 vanilla(leadtek) 500w psu w/20a on the 12v rail(dont bother,i connected 2 psu's together and nothing changed,and yes,i know exactly how to do that properly.),sblive 24bit 7.1 sound,dvd burner,2x80G seagate sata @ raid 0,1x hitachi 120G pata as boot,running linux,winxp and winxp64.

Never heard about something like this before, a board killing a CPU. When there's a problem with your power line or lightning strikes or whatever, then yes.
Anyway, I dont know how things are in your country but here the retailer has to give full warranty during the first six months after purchase. So I could RMA my stuff and without any questions asked they would get me a new CPU. But either way, I would just RMA the CPU, send it back to the retailer and wait what happens. Usually retailers arent bitches when it comes to CPUs with no broken pins or any other obvious damage. If it looks okay but doesnt work they will replace it.
Just my two cents though, from my own experience.

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