2nd dead board in 7 months....help!

2nd board, same symptoms. The computer works fine for months at a time. Then, i'll power off for the night, and when i come back in the morning, no power. No fans, no boot, no power, no nothing. I RMA'd my first board after about 5 months with this issue, received my current board, and the 2nd board refused to power up at all this morning. This 2nd board has lasted less than six weeks, it seems.
I seriously doubt this is a surge issue, as my monitor, printer, and cable modem are all connected to the same surge protector and all are working properly. Any help would be appreciated.

I have a K8N Neo Platinum, along with an Athlon 3000+, 768 meg of PC2800 ram (using all 3 dimm slots). My power supply is a Rosewill, with 34A on the 12v line, 30a on the 5v line, and 28a on the 3.3 line. I have all of this in an aspire x-dreamer case. Graphics card is a 6800 GT from BFG.
To clarify, this rig has been working well since I received it as an RMA about 6 weeks ago. It was working fine last night, as I logged a pretty long World of Warcraft session last night. This morning, no power - period. No fans, no lights, nothing. Today i bought a power supply tester, and my power supply checks out - fans spin, lights up, all rails work, etc. I removed my board from the case - there was nothing underneath the board (besides the risers) that could have caused a short. My CPU is not burnt or cracked. I had the same problem with my first board - worked fine, powered off, then the next morning nothing. The prior board lasted about 6 months.
I have my rig, monitor, printer, and cable modem plugged into the same surge protector - all the other equipment is fine. This, along with the fact that my power supply checks out, indicates to me that a power surge is not to blame. Any help would be appreciated. If you need more info, let me know. Thanks.

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