new comp problem, does not load into bios

My stats

antec 900 case
asus p5n-e sli mobo
geforce 8800 gts
Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
basic HDs (dont know stats atm)

im trying to install this all using the hard drives that had xp installed and trying to get vista on the comp

anyway got the mobo and processor today put it in and booted it up expecting to go into bios. but as soon as it turns on i get an error prompting me for an a drive (floppy) *Drive A Error. System Halt*

so i plugged in a floppy drive and then it asks to put in a boot disk but i didnt get one? dont even know that mobos even need floppy drives to be installed. is there like a system boot thing i can copy onto 6 floppies or is the mobo **** or is the ram **** or is something else ****?

posting on a laptop atm nothing else to do so ill be refreshing every min or so i appreciate any help that i can get

Are those HDD's new? they might have something left on them requiring floppy boot.

Otherwise, just go in your bios and turn boot from floppy off, and you can also turn off halt on no floppy present.

did you try removing two sticks of ram?

Reset the CMOS.

Perhaps the board is searching for a BIOS update? I don't know why that'd be, but look one up and see if you find one.
If not, find the version you have (the latest, inherently) and flash the BIOS with it - perhaps it's an error, or a changed setting that's causing it. This will "reset" your BIOS.

Try running two sticks, not just one - some boards are finicky about dual-channel operation.