Yesterday was a long day with the printer.  I arrived at the lab at 10:00am and started working on the printer.  First I took the latest Marlin program I had already modified for the PIII, compiled it and uploaded it to the Arduino.  I open repetier host and tried to heat the bed.  No luck, however, all the lights on the Arduino were functioning and the RAMPS board didn't have any issues.  Also, I was able to heat the extruder and get feedback temperature.  Something else was wrong.  Also, I was not able to move any of the stepper motors.  The Y-stepper had some chatter.  After hours of troubleshooting, I found that the Arduino was not plugged into the RAMPS properly.  Once I made that change everything started working as predicted.  Getting there was a trial of fire that also required a pound of flesh!

Next, the wires on all the stepper motors were sideways.  So I had to repopulate all of the connector housings.

So I was able to setup the z-axis and stops the x-axis and I'm in the process of setting up the y-axis.  It turns out that need to print a new motor bracket.  I left the lab at 11:30pm