New PC Problem

I'm putting together a new system and when I power it on all the fans spin up and the mobo LEDs turn on but nothing is displayed to the monitor. I have a CM690 case which does not have a case speaker so I cant hear beeps. The LCD Poster constantly has CPU INIT on its screen. Any ideas?

Core System:
ASUS Maximus Formula X38
2x2GB GSkill DDR2 800
Q6600
8800gt
PC P&C quad silencer 750W

its plugged in

If all is plugged in 4pin, 24 pin, fan connector, reseat the cpu. I dont think you can get it in wrong but who knows. Make sure the triangles are lined up, and reseat the thing. Try one stick of ram til you get windows installed.

Each time you try something different you need to unplug the power supply so the bios can redetect stuff. Its a Asus feature.

Hows it going? It could be a short in your case. If all else fails reassemble on a phonebook or something. "Not carpet" Try a CMOS reset and anytime you change hardware unplug power from wall to reset the board.

a little bit of progress.

Now the LCD poster gets to DET RAM

I have a single RAM stick from my other pc in there

the mobo is out of its case with just the one stick of ram the video card and the power supply plugged in

still nothing being displayed on the monitor

Restet the cmos and unplug psu from wall is the heatpipe putting any stress on the 8 pin connector? Look on Asus form for the new error. I'll be back later to help more.

Hey have you got her running yet?

Cool.

its vista 64

I got everything installed, but now there is a nagging issue with the keyboard. Pressing any key on the keyboard will freeze the active program. I went and tried with an old Dell keybaord and same thing. The dell keyboard is PS/2 my new logitech one is USB. My mouse works fine.

Did you overclock or are you running stock. Did it happen right after install or after some software or vista updates?

If you can use mouse you can do a system restore I believe. Unless it was disabled by default.

I am dieing to know how good the cpu level up works. I just found out I get 3,100 back for taxes. I see a asus maximus formula, and the cheaper quad penryn on the way, and possibly crossfire 3870s.

And dont you think a 47" monitor/tv would be nice to surf these forums?

Ya it will allow you to one click over clock up to 3.5 but dont go max until you check temps. You can pick the qx6850 from the get go though I'm sure. Let me know, I cant sleep. I'm excited for you, and curious because I want that board bad.

I better make sure it runs stable at stock speeds first. I gotta DL prime 95 and speed fan still. Hope my tuniq tower is seated properly.

Im going to run a prime 95 cycle here tonight. (Actually this morning for me) Ill give you a PM tomorrow and let you know how the system is going. Then I can start some moderate overclocking.