Well, I saw your guys posts here and decided to pitch in. First off, what happened to you guys, happened almost identically to me.
I was just chilling out playing Call of Duty 2 one day when bam everything shut off. I powered on and got no post. So I thought crap, my ati x1800 went out. So I called ATI and they agreed that was the problem. so I bought an x1900, this time with a 3 year warranty. And when it finally got back, no post again.
So in my feat of rage I called asus, and amd, about getting my board fixed. I wasn't sure if it was the processor or board as I didn't have another processor just laying around, and I had tried everything I could on the board. So I thought heck, why not get them both replaced. So I spent 20 bucks to send both back to the appropriate places, they should be arriving their today and shipping back.
Well, like you guys I thought I would do some poking around and find out if anyone else was having these no post issues when I came across this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?DEPA=0&Type=&am...tem=N82
Apparently I'm not the only one who bought this board and for the first time in history, had problems with an asus board. Tons of people are having problems getting the board to post, so they send the board back, and a replacement comes with no issues. I don't know if it's a flaw in the board or what, but this really is hurting Asus's image. So, I'm waiting on my new board in the mail as we speak and thought I'd save you some of the heartache.
Also to note, a lot of other users are having to send the board back to asus as soon as they get it because it doesn't support their processor. So I guess it coulda been worse. Just wish I would of held off on buying this board instead of trusting asus as I'm use to like most of the community.
Good Luck.