[mamaheel]

I could really use some help. I have an older Alienware area 51, that I moved into a Thermaltake Armor case about 2 months ago. Everything was working fine until 2 weeks ago. I used the machine, turned it off, and about 50 minutes later, it booted itself back up. I turned it off again, and 50 minutes later, it booted itself back up. This time I turned off the main power switch on the PS. The machine was connected to cable internet via lan cable at the time. I knew the CMOS battery was dead when I moved it to the new case, but hadn't had time to change it. So, a few days after the booting up by itself started, I changed the CMOS battery before I turned on the main power switch and tried to boot up. Now it is dead. I have tried clearing the CMOS by battery removal, and by moving the jumpers, still no response. The LED on the motherboard shows an 8. on the left side, then switches to 3. on the right side, then shows F. on the left side - no lights, no fans, nothing. Any ideas?

Alienware Area 51 in Thermaltake Armor Case
Abit AA8XE mobo with Intel 925XE chipset
Intel P4, HT, 3.4 GHz
1 Gig Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
74 Gig W/D raptor SATA HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT
Soundblaster Audigy
PC Power and Cooling 510 W PS

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