Msi k8t neo fsr won't post

OK...I put the system in my sig together and turned on the machine. Went straight into the bios to tweak stuff like I wanted to. 1st off, my cd burner and my hdd were not detected. I made a mental note of that and kept on browsing through. I was at the screen that gives the current temperature (which was hovering from 34C-35C) and then outta no where the thing dies. Now, the power led on the front of the case flashes long slow flashes. I turned the psu off, then turned it on and tried to boot. I can hear a faint whine as the hdd led comes on, then it goes silent and the green power led starts flashing again. I disconnected my two case fans and front case leds (not the power and hdd leds) and tried it again thinking it was the psu. Same thing as before.  I moved cmos jumper to clear for ten minutes and then moved it back. I tried to start it back up, the fan on the processor spun for about a second, heard the faint beep, then nothing w/ the power led doing the slow contunuous flashing thing. Anyone know what's going on?  

I took the ram out, cleared CMOS for about 40 minutes, put CMOS jumper back, and then put the ram back.  I turned the comp on and actually got some signal to the monitor b/c it temporarily turned on for about 3 seconds(though no picture came up), then it turned off and the flashing power led began.  Sounds like the ram may indeed be the prime suspect.  BTW, do any of you have a stick of ram I could borrow (lol)?  I called two computer stores and asked if they could put a stick of ram they had laying around and see if it posted.  One of them asked if I was going to buy their ram if it worked and I said no, b/c I would just RMA the ram I already bought.   They said it would cost about $15.  I called one more store and they said it would $45!  WTC, I can buy my own stick at newegg for $24!
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-209-013&catalog=147&depa=0
Any final thoughts b4 I package this stuff up?  I'm now contemplating sending the processor, ram, and mobo back.

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