I think in all my years of buying open box from the egg, I had one motherboard (Asus WS) that arrived DOA. I sent it right back and was rewarded with a brand new one. Those days are long gone since it switched hands. Bummer.
I did the oven trick on several cards with great success. Last card I baked in the oven was a 980Ti I purchase on flebay for parts or repair. When I tested it, it was sure dead, but the fans spun up. Baked it and sure enough it came back to life. I sold it to a neighbor and he still has it in...
I'm still using spinner drives since they're cheap. A couple of them raided and I got the speed I want and the storage size I need. As long as spinners are cheap, I'll keep using them. I've been trying to get large SSD's at least 10TB, but the prices are still wayy too expensive.
*Edit* I just...