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You may need to bring this to the attention of your boss, if you have not done so already. Since he has the same Admin rights as you, he may have inadvertently restricted some of your Admin rights while performing a check/update. Or, worst case scenario, check with HR and see if there is an...
You may want to try a variation of these HowTo's. It explains alot on the what, why, and hows. Hope they come in handy. ;)
http://www.hiblue.com/folding/server%20doc.htm
http://snorkel.rtfm.com.au/publish/win2k/win2k.server.headless.v2.1.html.
Actually, you could just remove everything and power it on just as a PS in a case (Disconnect from the MOBO as well). This way if there is a short there is no risk to "Any" of the other componants. If the system only runs for 2 secs again then it is the PS, possibly the switch. Cheaper to...
One other thing is a possibility. Unrelated board, ASUS K8V Deluxe w/ 3000+ has an issue with the mem. Freaks out just like what you're describing with mem lowern than PC3200 DDR. Thought it might come in handy. ;)