990FXA-GD80 wont start

Hi everybody, maybe someone could help here ?
Because my "old" msi  770-C45 died, i bought a 990FXA-GD80, but it does not want to start. i can start the computer, but nothing hapen, no display, no boot on hard drive or DVD. I've tried to change  cpu, ram, graphic card, no result. could the motherboard be dead already ? The cpu phase leds are off, 1 ram led is on, and 1 NB phase led is on. Please help.
Thanks

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    FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series
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    It must be the motherboard.

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    What I had:
    AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
    GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H
    XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5
    Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9
    Western Digital Caviar® Black 1TB
    2x Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB
    OCZ SSD Vertex 4 Series 2.5" 128GB
    My computer suddenly crashed with a BSOD while surfing the web. When it restarted I got past the usual Gigabyte screen - followed by a black screen telling me "Beginning to update backup BIOS ---- Updating " then it restarted again, going into a loop with the same thing happening again and again.
    So I figured that the motherboard had crashed, so I bought:
    MSI 990FXA-GD80
    Thinking that would solve the problem.
    I rebuild my computer today with the new motherboard, plugged everything and was ready to go-
    The first message I got was telling me that my cpu or my ram was changed, and gave me the option to either 1- enter BIOS or 2- boot with default values.
    I entered BIOS, checked that everything was OK, saved and rebooted... Got past the MSI-screen - followed by a black screen telling me "NTLDR is missing, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart", which I did.
    My comp then rebooted, but this time both my screens stayed black :O
    I have now tried to restart my computer several times, but my screens stay black.
    My monitors are plugged in with DVI and HDMI.
    Solutions I have tried:
    Removing the motherboard battery. and starting without it.
    changing to my old graphic card, ATI Radeon 5830.
    Removing the power for 15 mins.
    Unplugging all the hard drives, except the SSD. (which my OS is installed at).
    I have now also ordered AMD FX-8150 8-Core Processor.

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    "NTLDR is missing, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart",
    Did you use the ame HDD for boot without re-installing the OSD ?
    This could be a case of having an AHCI mode OS HDD and your current board is still set to IDE ?
    That X4 955 only supports 1066 or 1333 memory.
    Borrow the other PSU. Insert only one RAM module.
    Do a full CMOS clear.
    Retest and do a fresh OS installation and all curent drivers.

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