MB 875P won't boot (no POST), I've tried everything

Hello.
I just decided to post here as my last resort before throwing my motherboard for recicle.
I was a happy owner of this MSI motherboard MS-6758 875P Neo for five years.
Specs has changed along the years, but in the last months it was:
MB: MSI MS-6758 875P Neo
CPU: Intel Prescott 3.4 GHz
RAM: 2x A-Data 512 MB at 533MHz
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 128 MB (AGP)
PSU: 550W
UPS: Powerware 5115
Amongst other peripherals.
One day, while I was just doing some web browsing, operating system crashed, nothing would move the last screen. I pressed reboot and, after that, it didn't boot again (almost, read ahead).
What happens:
Nothing. Blank screen. No beep. D-bracket lights always green (all of them). Disks and coolers start spinning.
What have I tried so far:
1. Reset bios - tried with the jumpers thing and also removing the battery. Result: nothing.
2. Unplugged every other cards/peripherals except cpu, video card and ram. Result: nothing.
3. Different CPU (P4 2.4 GHz). Result: system started up! I thought I just found the problem! It's the CPU. But no. It just happened again, after something like 5min of running the OS. After that, even with the 2nd CPU, system didn't boot evermore.
4. Different ram and psu. Result: nothing.
At this time I left the computer in it's corner, for about a month, I was out of time to keep testing it. Then I gave it a try again:
5. Looked for damaged caps, but none were found.
6. Redo the test no. 2, but out of the case. Result: blank screen, but it did POST. I heard some 4 or 5 fast beeps, and again, after that, the same problem. I couldn't make it to this situation again.
7. Different video card (agp and pci) and another PSU. Result: nothing.
8. Went to a friends house with the MB only, plugged psu, ram, cpu and video card from his working system. Result: nothing.
Notes:
1. For nothing I mean that happened just the same as described above.
2. System was protected by an UPS for the last three months before this happened, so I think (in an unskillful way) that is very difficult that some component has been electrically damaged.
3. I looked for MSI support in my country (Portugal), but the only info I found is a phone number. I think I could try first posting here.
My questions:
1. What else should I do? If there is some else...
2. Do you think that it's reparable? If so, how much will it cost?
3. Do you have any other advice? I'll appreciate that.
Thank you very much in advance.
Regards

Henry and dromonk, thanks for your words.
I'd like to add some more notes:
4. While in my last tests, I've noticed that the chipset fan is dying, it makes more noise than usual. I don't know if this is relevant.
5. All the tests done out of the case were with the board lying on the floor, and an antistatic bag under the board.
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Did you use fresh thermal compound each time you removed cooler from CPU while swapping them?
I'll be honest, I didn't. I didn't either try my CPU with another motherboard, because the other that I have access doesn't support it. However, the other CPU I tried is full working. But read on, please.
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D-LED's allways green even through POST or do they change red/green while POST'ing?
The problem is, the system doesn't even get to POST. All four D-LED's are always green, since I press the Power Button, until I press the Power Button again. Looking at manual it says: "Operating System Booting". That, sir, is a lie.
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I would hate to think all of the CPU's are dead now from overheating.
I'm not quite sure of what did you mean. Even thought I didn't test my CPU (3.4 GHz) with other MB, I guarantee you the other CPU (2.4 GHz) I tested on my MB has no problem (it's working right now). Also, I may add that I always used my CPU with an adequate cooler (Zalman 7000B Cu). Oh, and I never overclocked it. It always ran within an appropriate range of temperatures.
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i found one thing with msi boards stick a folded up piece of paper between mother board and case behind the the ide bracked alot of times its shorting out even thoght you pulled out of case it was alast resort i found on web i tried b4 i chucked mine and sure enuff it worked
Thanks for that trick. Unfortunately, I think it is pretty useless in this situation, since I already tried running the system with the motherboard out of the case. But, nevertheless, I just did another try. And yes, I put a piece of folded paper behind the IDE connector on the board, right between the MB and the antistatic bag.
System specs for this last test:
CPU: mine
Video Card: mine
RAM: 1x mine
PSU: 300W OEM (it was more in hand, but I'm sure it's working)
UPS: mine
Peripherals: D-Bracket
Case: out of it, above an antiestatic bag and with the paper thing
Notes:
1. mine means that it's the same as stated in the beggining of this topic.
2. For this test, I did apply fresh thermal compound between the CPU and Zalman, after removing the old one (it was a bit dry, by the way).
3. Before this test, MB was with no bios battery for something like 15min.
What happened:
The same... no boot, no beep, no post, four green lights, and fans spinning.
So, is there any more suggestions?
Do you think it worths taking it to MSI repair? Any idea of how much they would charge?
Again, thank you very much for reading and replying me.

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