The motherboard is bad
so the question is, should we get a replacement and wonder if it will/will not work or get a different type?
Here is the setup we ended up getting:
ASUS M4A78LT-M LE AM3 AMD 780L Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM
XFX HD-567X-ZNF3 Radeon HD 5670 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX
APEX TX-381-C Black Steel Micro ATX Tower Computer Case
Logitech Z313 2.1 Speaker System
Rosewill - Pellucid HD Series High Speed HDMI cable (6 FEET)
Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power ATX12V Version 2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
LG E2350VR-SN 23" Anti-Glare Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor Slim Design
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL