The 8500 was upsidedown and the mobo was on the carpet, hanging out of the 8500. Because of this, the CPU got ultrahot and died. I am not sure what I was thinking using a motherboard on the carpet in the first place…

Here is a picture of the idiotic idea…

I know…

Anyway, I ordered a 500mhz G3 Crescendo/PCI. I wanted a faster CPU for what I intend to do with the 8500 anyway.