When I pulled all the front pannel connections and turned it off and then manually started it from motherboard it started right up.
When I tried to restart it just turned off again, then the motherboard method was no longer good, having to toggle that and PSU switch just as I did with the front panel switch.
Also, I will need to apply a fresh application of temp grease to the cpu as the current app is hard and dusty. The Temp. has been running at a steady 42C so it isn't an immediate problem.
I wish I had a multimeter so that I can test out the PSU directly but I haven't owned one in ages (and the cheap ones sold at radioshack is well, crap).
Is there a really good free diagnostics program out there that will not only show current comp status but voltages as well? I had one but forgot the name and didn't back up
On a side note, I noticed that my Norton 360 came up this time with an "x", 16 errors and said it had to be uninstalled. Lol, off-topic but this is a fresh copy of windows.