I did try that... still nothing. I ended up returning the mobo and cpu to Newegg... I would have liked to have kept one or the other if it still worked, but couldn't determine which was the culprit, so i sent them both back. I actually asked for an exchange, but they ended up giving me a refund, which I thought was interesting because they have a "no refund, only exchange" policy on CPUs.
Just this evening, I obtained an open-box ASUS board (I trust that brand more than MSI anyway) and an Athlon X2 for a fairly good price... Can't mess with it tonight because I have school work.
I only have until Sunday to find out if these 5830s are actually functional, because that's when their RMA period ends. They should be; the fans came on. It irritates me that I can't convince any of my local friends to allow me to test them in their comps >:-(
So hopefully I'll have the beginnings of my first mining rig up and going tomorrow...