K8N Neo4, no video output, confusing D-Bracket result.

Hay all, hopefully someone here can help me. I'm getting pretty desperate
Moved my computer to a friends house the other day and when I got there it wouldn't give me any video output. The D-Bracket stops at "Assign resources to all ISA."
First thing I did was reset the cmos. To no avail.
I have also tried some suggestions I found in searching this forum.
That is, try diff memory slots, without memory, without VGA, etc.
At this point I am working with the mobo sitting on an anti static bag, and with only CPU plugged in. This is where I am getting really confused.
With only CPU connected. The D-Bracket hangs on "Intialising keyboard controller"
With only CPU + a single RAM module connected. It hangs on the ISA one.
What I would love to find out is actually what is at fault here. The ISA error seems to be the most vague of them all Should I be getting video on the screen before the ISA error? Unfortunately I don't have anything I can switch in place of my key components as I upgraded from an athlon xp system.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Some specs.
2x 512 ram modules
3700+
X1800 XL
K8N Neo4 Platinum

Hi guys, still waiting on that old pci card to test out, my friend assures me it was posted yesterday, so it should be with me soon.
Im unsure what the BIOS revision is, though I havent updated it since I bought it last year. I doubt I can find out without getting some info onscreen first :s
As for my RAM and PSU, the RAM is some cheap Kingston I think, PC3200, its been a long time since I bought that stuff. The power supply is an Akasa Paxpower one. Its fullspecs are here.
If only it were as simple as reseting the bios though. Alas I have tried it several times :P
A little history of the system itself also, it has been sitting on my desk the entirety of this year. In fact when it broke was the first time I've moved it in several months. The aformentioned components have been running together with 2 sata drives. 1 120gb, as well as a 240gb one. Also a single DVD drive. Ive never had any trouble before now.

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