Ah the old
Death-By-Cola heh!
Hmmm . . . so that doesn't sound good although you don't know for sure if the other parts are ok or not?
That ASUS board above is decent, I've used half a dozen for value builds and was suprised how solid and reliable they are . . . . you kinda expect corners to be cut with the cheaper boards but those ASUS ones run solid as a rock with all the basic features one would need (SATA-II, USB 2.0, PCI 1.1 x16, 5:1 Audio, Gigabit LAN, Onboard graphics, DDR2-1066 support etc), they also allow some basic BIOS adjustment and overclocking features!