Well, I tried alot of things just mentioned to no avail. I completely unplugged everything except the power to the mobo, made sure the heatsink and fan were connected gd, left my one stick of memory (took it out and put it back in again),reconnected the power to the wall and still no life. I then changed the battery to another one that I know works, still nothing.
I'm going to take out the processor and start from scratch I guess, but I am having a vicious time removing the fan and heatsink.... its very tight. So I'm gonna have to be careful.
If I get it back togeher and still no juice, I will try the power switch to make sure it is functioning properly. In the mean time any other suggestions may be worthy of consideration. Thank you.