Removed Battery from MB to clear CMOS, Now no MSI splash screen, no booting

My System:
CPU: AMD 720 X3 2.3 Mhz per core.
MB: MSI K9A2 Platinum, Version 1, 1.4
Memory: OCZ Platinum II memory, 4 1gb sticks. 667
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD4850, 1GB memory
HD: Seagate Baracuda 7200 500GB memory card. RAID. Recently replaced. I can hook it up as an external SATA -> ESATA to my laptop via a 1.5 ESATA PCMCIA card.
OS: XP, SP3, 32 bit
PSU: Ultra 750w, +5v 32A
My PC was working, until this. In the boot menu, I was getting the raid setting instead of the hard drive, so I decided to reset the CMOS. I changed the Jumper and that did not clear settings enough. I pulled the battery and reinstalled it. Now, When I turn the PC on, I just see a black screen. No MSI splash screen, no Posting. No response at all. The MB gets power. Lights on, fans working, but nothing more. My main HD is getting power but it is not read. There is no sound of feel of the heads moving. As I mentioned, I can access it as an external drive on my laptop and all diagnostics have been fine.
I don't know what I did to my system, but I would really appreciate any help fixing it. I have built PCs since the mid 90s, and I am sure that all cables are connected properly.
Thank you.

Quote from: Bas on 06-December-09, 05:40:19
5V of the powersupply is unimportant, the 12V combined output it (if the psu lists that).
As for the memory, try 1 stick only! See what happens.
The Cmos clear jumper clears everything, HOWEVER! the power from the powersupply MUST be removed!
Else it keeps getting 5V-stb and the cmos won't be cleared.
However, this didn't happen out of the blue, what did you do before this?
12V 45A. The MB started every time before this.

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On chip ATA devices:
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