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After the fact I can now admit, "I haven't been able to build a test bench" more translated to, "I've been avoiding tearing apart the entire computer again for the 3rd time, but I will soon..." Haha, thanks!

I'm going to continue the build today with the black bolts on the board and get the whole thing assembled, after I'm done I'll look into getting/ making those plastic or paper washers, I just want to get it working. Funny enough plugging everything in so far I've found one USB from the front IO...

I have been working on this fix for so long I am hesitant to claim it's fixed but after I used those black coated screws(only had 5 of 6 standoffs) It seems to be starting fine. My best guess is this short/ground might be the cause of the audio failure which wont be coming back. I may have to...

I'm currently building back into my case and have the motherboard sitting on the standoffs, it's starting fine but when I put the screws in it shorts and stops turning on. I just found some black coated screws that might work instead so I'll give them a try, hoping the paint doesn't allow any...

There are no leaking or bulging caps anywhere on the board from what I can tell, I also gently bent those two touching capacitors off of each other. I have it setup on a test bench now on my new MB box. Running iGraphics with a single SSD drive with Windows. Knock on wood, it's working fine now...

Also a lot of the capacitors around this area are on a bit of an angle, I have no way of knowing if it's always been like this or not. I've been stress testing the pc by running games non stop and I've been doing so for 4 hours now without any issues, this issue really seems to just stop with...

Haven't been able to build a test bench yet but after a thorough inspection of the top of the board I've found 2 capacitors which are touching each other, not sure if this could be the cause of anything since they look shielded but it's worth a mention.

Thanks everyone for the advice first off. I'll be trying the pc out of the case in the next few hours now. As far as repurposing a reset switch for CMOS I could live with that, but besides the longer boot times I am concerned about the button being accidentally hit while the pc is running and...

Thanks for the feedback, I'll have to try it out of the case and look for possible grounding problems. The PC DOES run though so I am skeptical about a possible short, when I turn my PSU on I also get lights on the board. I'll have to try it though and post an update afterward.

Update, I installed a new CMOS battery and the problem persists! I have no clue what's left to try besides a bios flash, I've already updated the bios too. I'll keep working on a fix though.

I am currently fixing up my old DELL XPS 8700 computer after a few years without using it. Long story short, pressing the power button doesn't do anything to the pc, nothing happens...sometimes. Occasionally the pc will start with a delay after hitting the power but not frequently enough not to...