Quicksilver 2002 G4 - hang and now won't boot

Buddy of mine just upgraded to a Mac Mini Server and gave me his old Quicksilver 2002 G4. 933Mhz, 1.5GB RAM, 2x250GB ATA drives (mirrored), USB 2.0 via a PCI card.
Has been running MacOS X v10.5.8 just fine for a while.
Since it was free, I decided to spring for an OWC / Newer Technology MAXPower G4 7447A 1.6Ghz upgrade.
Upgraded the firmware and installed the new CPU. Came up great. Ran a few utilities (Xbench / Geekbench / Quickbench). Everything seemed fine.
Then the GUI hung. I press-and-held the power button until it powered off.
Now when I press the power-button, I don't get much. The PS fans don't come on. Hard-drives don't spin up. The DVD lights-up and spins, but doesn't do much else. No chime. No video.
I tried re-seating the MAXPower CPU. No change. Then I pulled it out and reverted to the Apple CPU. No change.
I've tried unplugging the unit and pressing the PMU-reset. Not unplugging and pressing the PMU-reset. Unplugging the unit, pressing the power-button, then pressing the PMU-reset.
Even pulled the PRAM battery and waited 10-minutes.
Not seeing any change.
Any chance of bringing this guy back to life? Or is it gone?
I tried pressing the PMU-reset button.

Tried all the RAM independently. No change.
All the fans do come on. Just not very loud. No "ding". The LED on the motherboard lights up.
Was using the machine @ 933Mhz for a few weeks. Rock solid.
Then I installed the NewerTech MaxPower 7447 Single G4/1.6GHz CPU upgrade. That worked GREAT for 30 minutes to an hour. Then the GUI / system hung. I press-and-held the power button to turn it off.
When I press the power button, it lights up while depressed, but goes out as soon as I let go. The fans spin up. The CD-ROM LED comes on for a sec, and it spins up. The HD's don't spin up and overall the system isn't as loud as normal.
Removed the NewerTech MaxPower 7447 Single G4/1.6GHz CPU upgrade and re-installed the original Apple 933Mhz CPU.
No change.
I MAY have pressed the PMU more than once at one point.
I also definitely pressed the PMU once while the power-switch was on....
I had initially installed the Newer Technologies firmware, but I suspect it's gone now that I've pressed the PMU.

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