Just Built PC - Need Troubleshooting Help

[KBryant888]

Hi all, I recently decided to build my own pc. This is my second build, so I wouldnt consider myself a beginner, but I am my no means an expert. Here is my gear:

MB: ASUS P5B DELUXE P965 775
PS: ANTECSP-500 RET
Proc - Intel Core Duo 2
Video - EVGA 8800GTS
RAM - 2x1gb

I thought I installed everything correctly. Fans were blowing, everything seemed powered up. I was using a hard drive that had a previous install of Vista on it. It loaded up, I put in my Vista cd and reinstalled. After the installation, Vista rebooted. Here lies my problem. I no longer get any video/display and my Hard drive doesnt look like its moving. I double checked all the connections and the fans are moving. Any suggestions? Thanks so much.

 

[ffchocobo]

If your BIOS still posts then I would guess the problem to be software instead of hardware related.

 

[croc]

Hi all, I recently decided to build my own pc. This is my second build, so I wouldnt consider myself a beginner, but I am my no means an expert. Here is my gear:

MB: ASUS P5B DELUXE P965 775
PS: ANTECSP-500 RET
Proc - Intel Core Duo 2
Video - EVGA 8800GTS
RAM - 2x1gb

I thought I installed everything correctly. Fans were blowing, everything seemed powered up. I was using a hard drive that had a previous install of Vista on it. It loaded up, I put in my Vista cd and reinstalled. After the installation, Vista rebooted. Here lies my problem. I no longer get any video/display and my Hard drive doesnt look like its moving. I double checked all the connections and the fans are moving. Any suggestions? Thanks so much.

Did you do a clean install? From a retail dvd, and NOT an oem DVD?

 

[KBryant888]

I cant even get to the BIOS, there is no display. Yes, I did a clean install.

 

[ethel]

This has got nothing to do with Vista as you aren't seeing the BIOS.

Reseat your video card, RAM, CPU.

 

[spuddyt]

do you still get the beep when it starts up?

 

[KBryant888]

I just took everything out and started over... for whatever reason it works again. Thanks for the tips.

 

[ethel]

No problem