well I figured it out. It was my powersupply... :/ that was my first instinct so I went and grabbed an extra antec 400w that I had sitting at my parent's house and I was reseating things and nothing was happening. I was about to change the psu and I was like dammit, I don't have a 20 pin to 24 pin adapter (I forgot that I had a newer mobo than my last one) and that's when I saw it. The 4 pin power adapter was a bit charred and I wondered if that had anything to do with it so I gambled and plugged it back in. Sure enough it booted and went to the os, but i'm not going to take any chances. I'm gonna go out and buy a new psu, hopefully it won't set me back too much, but then again, I'm just thankful it's not the cpu or the mobo (or both *faints*). Thanks for your help dude!