Well, the boards showed up today and looked perfect. I installed 1 of them in my tower and it would power up, but no screen no boot with a ff(fully functioning) code. I swapped cpus and then it booted up but went to the c1 memory code that I was expecting. I swapped memory sticks in every slot, putting single sticks on the board to no avail.

So on to the next board. Same exact setup, no boot no video, with a ff(fully functioning) code. Swapping cpus didnt do anything. No memory gave the same result, as did no video card etc etc.

Then I pulled out a sdram mobo and tried that one with my cpus. Now, IT doesnt boot. aarrgghh. So now Im to the point that I really dont know what is working and what isnt. Im not sure if my memory sticks are good, or my processors, much less the motherboards.

Im starting to think that when my prior board died, that the cpu and/or the memory died with it.

Next step is going to be to get another stick of ram and see what happens. I guess Ill have to use process of elimination.

Ok. Im done venting  

Visually, they all look good. The boards are like new. I just ordered a new memory stick and cpu. So hopefully that will give me another chance to see what the problem is.