Mobo Splash Screen lock on new build

[samg86]

I have just build my first comp, and am having a few problems, and would appreciate some advice. My build is the following:

Intel Q6600
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R
Patriot 4GB PC2-6400 C4 Extreme Performance (4x1GB) @ 2.2V
XFX Geforce 8800GTX 768MB
Western Digital Caviar 250GB S300 16MB 7200RPM
Lite-On LH-20A1S-15C DVD RW
Antec Nine Hundred Black ATX Mid Tower
OCZ StealthXStream 600W
XP upgraded to VISTA

Despite being a newbie, building it seemed relatively straight forward, although when I eeventually plugged it in - no video. I played around with the graphics card and it booted up ok. Installed XP, fine. Upgraded to Vista, fine, except a few resets that it said on bootup were unexpected.

Now Vista is installed, I can't get off the mobo splash screen on bootup. I chaged to CMOS settings slightly but nothing really significant, but have no idea why its suddenly not working.

Also, the video only seems to work intermittently when I take the Graphics Card out and put it back in. Any ideas what could be wrong?

Thanks

 

[evongugg]

The fact that the video card works intermittently, make me think there may be a problem with the power supply.

 

[akhilles]

While StealthXStream isn't the same as GameXStream, it should at least work fine for a while. It's def. not generic crap.

Oh oh oh, you got 4 x 1gb, you gotta up the vdimm to specs. I'd say 2.1v tops.

You can tell whether a psu is good by looking at the outputs. In bios, go to system monitor, look at the voltages. The discrepancies should be within 5%. i.e. 5V should be withint 4.75 & 5.25. If any goes beyond 5%, the psu is not good. You have to look at them at idle & under load. speedfan is your friend. Also, use Gigabyte's EasyTune for the voltages.

 

[evongugg]

Try removing the battery and clearing the Bios.