no, Im pretty sure its the cpu only because I transfer my cpu from my old pc and that was giving the same issues.... I didn't care to check it out at the time because i was upgrading the btx form factor to a ATX form factor so i can play games. My BTX form factor case was black when started and I couldn't get into the bios... just the same as the atx form factor.
AS for as I was concern I said to myself who cares about the old pc... Im getting a new a better one so I didn't check to see what the problem was at the time.
I was hoping the problem would be something else and I was in complete Denial when I knew the problem was staring right in front of me.
Now I could be wrong and it could be the new motherboard but I Doubt it . I just didn't feel like waiting a week for the cpu so instead I ask dum air head question and pray I'm wrong.
I'll let you know if I was correct or not.
Thanks for the Response!