by probing where the fuse was I mean, the fuse has probing points on the outside (mostly to test whether is good or bad without having to remove it). If you would have heard me when I measured you would have laughed...cause it was utter surprise. 
  Yeah I am going to trash can the PSU, which sucks, because its fairly new, and should be under 'warranty'. but since I opened it to check the board for loose solder joints, and trying to determine where the 6 pin port wires were soldered in as well as checking for any other bare spots.....(I suspect there are some other spots I haven't located that were causing my issues due to the fact that some of the zipties that were bundling the wires together were on so tight they were causing kinks). 
  I have had good luck with thermaltake power supplies in the past, but this one has put me off of them, I should have sprung the little extra for the cosair, but I was being cheap....Lesson learned...
  Its just super annoying to have issues like this.....