Thanks for the reply CrypiK, I'm on the other side of the world in Tokyo Japan so I have to deal with US $80-100 more for the Maximus II formula with no RMA policy. They pretty much have you by the "short and curlys" even though Akihabara is pretty good with actually having things in stock.

I was wondering about your comment of the PSU: is it possible for it to go down partially ? It does supply power to the board as I said ( I have a green LED on the MB to say power is getting through) HDD's and fans spin up but the lack of postal beep and no power to the screen seems to be conflicting.