Thanks for the help guys. As soon as I get a few extra bones I'll check it out and see if that is the problem or not. If it's not that I'll know that it is the mobo.
Yeah it's one heck of a power supply... but it didn't work. I'm still having the problem with the graphics not being sent to my monitor (through PCI-e or PCI based video cards) and my harddrive only works when the CD ROM is not connected... anyone know any other alternatives? This is driving me crazy.