yh and me for that matter i tihnk it might be the board as i have checked everything OCZ Reaper ram works in other computers so does CPU (phenom quad 965) and sound card and gpu, xfx special edition ati 5770 (my baby!) all fine jsut havnt been able to check board but i assume its that. i have jumped CMOS and replaced battery still nothing. i went on holiday with it unplugged (cant risk power surge) come back and wont even reach bois powers up but seems to jsut be restarting as fans slow then speed back up again, its not the power buttons or any front panel connections as i have tested them and not hdds, or optical drives i have tried all in other computers ( luckily i have my data) any suggestions ? and i dont OC because i have no real need to. please help my life has grinded to a hault !