890FXA GD-65 won't POST after PSU upgrade

Two days ago, I upgraded my PSU from a 750W Corsair to a 1000W Cooler Master (in preparation for a second 6970 coming in on Tuesday). After switching them out and powering the machine on for the first time with the new PSU, it seemed to power on normally, but I wasn't getting any video. Thinking I may have not connected the GPU's power correctly, I powered down the system and double-checked my connections. Well, there weren't any issues, so I tried powering on again. This time, all I got were spinning fans (including the CPU fan), HDD spinning up and two phase LEDs blinking. Didn't even get the usual startup noise.
I spent my free time the last two days testing each component that I could in an older AM2+ system (this means the CPU, GPU and PSU), and they all checked out fine. I even tried powering the 890FXA with my old 750W PSU with the same results and checked the board for bad caps and found none.
The only thing I couldn't test is the RAM (besides reconfiguring the sticks in the DIMM slots, testing each stick individually, etc.), since the AM2+ board only takes DDR2 and the 890FXA only takes DDR3, so at this point, I'm thinking it's either the RAM or the board itself. My question is - before I go out and buy a stick of DDR3 to test or RMA either the board or the RAM, is this behavior consistent with a fried board or bad memory? I've never had RAM go bad on me before and the only fried mobo I've ever dealt with wouldn't even power on. Would bad RAM result in failure to POST, and moreover, what's the likelihood of all three sticks going bad at once?
Thanks for the help.

A number of PSU calcs said I'd be cutting it close on the 750, especially since I was planning on adding another two 500gb caviar blacks to my RAID setup as well, and the 1000 was on sale at the time so I figured I'd rather upgrade now and spend less.
Anyway, yes, the CPU power connection was fine, I did do a CMOS reset and I tested the board outside the case. I even tested it without a GPU, CPU and memory, all with the same exact results. Testing it without memory made me realize it very well could be bad memory, but last night I had a friend lend me a known working stick of DDR3 with no luck.
I'm pretty much convinced it's an issue with the board itself now, being that all the components that matter have been tested independently and checked out alright. Probably time to get an RMA.

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