As i was installing some chipset/nb/sb Wc i accidently ripped my screwdriver across the board. like damn.
Inspected the circuts and it all looks pretty good, 90% sure they arnt cut.
Anyways when trying to start the MB all voltage leds went up and no boot, well as expected.
I left the board for some time and it would boot again without any issues, thats until i try to start windows, it locks up on the windows logo after about half a second (vista and XP) . same goes when trying to run the windows install cd (vista ) , no chance (windows XP setup disk does run as it has no real graphical elements)
So i'm puzzled as what the problem might be, i've run a memtest, ran fine (tested with different ram types etc ), tested the different sata ports and so on but with no change.
Anyone that have a clue about what the issue may be ?
Check bios settings and make sure your ram is getting the correct voltage as recommended by the ram manufacturer. I've had this prevent windows from installing.