@chris36, I swapped out the 32mb cf card you had for the 256mb cf card i use in my nanopeb.
I also used the same regulated 5 volt power adapter from the nanopeb.
All i am getting is a solid color screen without making it to the TI title screen (No screaming sound).
No idea where to go from here, but if i had to guess, i'd say either the capacitor by the power plug is bad somehow (no idea how to check) or the rom got static zapped.
The cf card will probably be kept around as a backup for my nanopeb.