Ok,
I did exactly what you said, I reset the CMOS and pulled the battery and I made sure everything was placed in the correct place this time. I ended up letting it sit after everything was reset for about 2 hrs before plugging it back in. The original memory was already installed from last night. When I turned it on at 530pm this evening, it came on with the HDD light, not the blue power light, the system turned off after a few seconds and turned back on the same way and did not post. I'm not sure where to go from here, unless the board is dead: then, I'll look for a current board, processor and memory for the case and reuse everything else.
Did the BIOS somehow get wiped from the system? If so, Is there anyway I can put the BIOS back in? I know there is likely no chance, but I have to ask.