So, here's the deal. My computer will NOT boot past the motherboard screen. I have an Intel 865PERL board.

I turn it on, it first does a mem check on my vid card, then it goes to the motherboard screen, but there it hangs...into oblivion. I thought it was the battery on the motherboard. I changed it, and it SEEMED to work for about a week or so. Now, its doing it to me again. So i wondered if it just burnt up the battery. Nope...i tested the battery in one of my LED torchlights and its fine ( I also took out the battery that I knew worked in my torchlight and put it in the motherboard). So, what do some of you computer gurus think? I've tried to google this, but it seems noone actually has this problem haha they just can't get their machines to boot when its actually POSTing or showing the RAM data screen.

My guess? my motherboard is finally going out. But I could be wrong. Got any thoughts? (and no...i dont have a thumbdrive plugged into my machine, or a flashcard, or anything at this point).