Working KT3-Ultra2 System suddenly will not post!

Problem: After working fine for two weeks, my new system with a KT3 Ultra 2 mobo does not boot or POST. After pressing the power button, the power light comes on, the hard disk spins up, and then nothing else happens. The D-Bracket LEDs are in the RRGG layout, indicating that it is initializing the drive controller, but I suspect it is not getting that far as the lights come on in this state as soon as the system is powered.
This system was working fine for two weeks before this happened. It has NEVER been overclocked. I have tried reseating the hard disk connectors and all the AGP/PCI cards, as well as clearing the CMOS . My system configuration is:
Ducted case for effective cooling with a 350 Watt Power Supply
KT3 Ultra2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2000 CPU with AMD heatsink/fan
1024 MB of PC 2700 RAM (2x512)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AGP video adapter
Netgear PCI Ethernet Adapter
Windows XP Professional
I have no idea where to go from here, anyone with ideas please help!!!
-james puckett

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Originally posted by maesus
You have to clear the CMOS, and 100% make sure it's really cleared. ie, removing battery, discharge all capacitors on the board (with power off and power cord attached for 5 minutes), unplug power cord, set the CMOS jumper to reset for couple of minutes... etc
Yes, I have done all of that.

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