Have i killed my computer?

I have a computer which is about two years old. It has a MB So. 775 MSI P4M900M 2-L board and a PCI-e NVidea GeForce 7300GT 512MB TV out & DVI graphics card. Everything was fine until i decided to upgrade one of my DVD writers to blueray. It turned out that my graphics card wasn't man enough, so i have to upgrade. As the new card hadn't arrived i thought i'd increase my ram too. I had to remove the graphics card to remove a stick to see what i had. Upon replacing the ram stick and graphics card and then switching the computer back on i now just get a message on the monitor that it receives no signal. Assuming i hadn't put the card back in correctly, i took it out again and replaced it even though it looked to be fine. Still the same, no signal. I have tried plugging the monitor into the board with the graphics card removed but i get the same...No signal. So, have i killed the card and or the board as well? The new graphics card has arrived but it needs a posh monitor, which i knew about, so i can't plug my monitor into it to see if my old card has gone to the great component heaven in the sky. I could plug my tv into the new card but i haven't got a clue if i would get a display on it without selecting to use the tv first. Problem is, i can't see what is on the screen to select watching on the tv too. I have noticed that on the old card, two of the gold contact 'pins?' are a couple of mm shorter then the rest. With the card placed flat in front of you with the monitor sockets on the left, the 'pins' facing away from you with the big heatsink underneath, it is the extreme left hand 'pin' on top. It is 1mm shorter than the rest. If you turn the card over with the monitor sockets still on the left but now with the heatsink on top and the 'pins' facing towards you, the other short 'pin' is second in from the right.Again 1mm shorter than the rest. Is this as it should be or have i damaged it? If i have, have i also killed the mother board? Before touching the components, i held on the the unpainted copper water pipe below the radiator and had my hands touching the inside of the case when removing and replacing the card and ram, so i don't think i've staticked it to death, or have i? The new blueray burner was in the case but not connected up at the time. It has a CPU 775 P4-D 2x3.0GHz PC800 4MB Mod. 925
If it is dead, can someone suggest a slightly better board i can replace it with on which i can use my 2x3.0GHz processors?
Thanks for any advice.
Power Supply 600Watt ARX
CPU 775 P4-D 2x3,0GHz PC800 4MB Mod. 925
Cooler Arctic Alpine 7
MB So. 775 MSI P4M900M 2-L
PCI-e NVidea GeForce 7300GT 512MB TV out & DVI
SATA2 160GB Excelstore ESJ8160S 8MB
DDR2 2x1GB EMPAQ 667
Stk. DVD-RW LG-GSA-H50LBL
Stk. CR Apacer 15-in-1 CardReader

Ok, here's an update...
I have bought my MSI G31 TM-P35 motherboard. Fitted in my old case, connected up all the wires, fitted my old cpu, used fresh thermal paste and fitted a CNPS9700 'ultra quiet cpu cooler' from Zalman. aFTER DECIDEING THAT MY EXTERNAL 1tB HARD DRIVE WAS GETTING A BIT FULL, I THOUGHT I'D GO FOR A BIGGER hdd INSIDE TOO. sO I HAVE FITTED A , sorry, forgot to cancel caps... I've fitted a Seagate Sata 2 750Gb 16Mb. So now, i have new board, new cpu cooler, new hard drive, new blue ray dvd burner. So all is well? i hear you ask. Well no. I plug in the monitor and guess what? No signal
I only have old case, cpu, power unit and ram left to change. Could it be the power unit at fault? It doesn't smell burnt out. It doesn't smell at all. Could it be the cpu or ram? Usually when my car breaks down i can fix it by throwing money at it. When really desperate i throw my cousin at it. He is a mechanic and is used to it. What should i replace next? I could do with some good advice as i am starting to run out of money and my cousin would probably hit it with something heavy if he got it on his ramp

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Copyright 1994-2001 Apple Computer Inc.
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Merry christmas, or happy december if you don't do that sort of thing

Quote from: Stu on 27-December-09, 19:35:50
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Your card is a XFX Geforce 7300GT, with a Nvidia Geforce 7300 chipset.
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