Everything but gpu working

read the trouble shooting thread at the top of the mb

get a speaker

What happened when you cleared CMOS? How did you do it?

Now I might be reading the "GA-EP45-UD3P" mobo comment wrong, but that is a s775 (Intel) mobo and your putting in an AMD Phenom II CPU?? Am I just missing something here??
Gigabyte AMD mobo's have a different naming/numbering scheme than the Intel based mobo's. You would need to be on a 780g/790gx/770/790/etc. in their naming/numbering scheme to match up with a Phenom II CPU. The Intel boards have 31/35/41/45 for s775 mobo's.

I have this monitor by the way

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18704

Well depending on which Mobo you actually have, you usually have to pull the CMOS batter out of the mobo or just have to switch a jumper on the mobo to reset the CMOS battery. There are other possibilities, but we NEED TO KNOW WHAT MOBO you actually have. Please let us know EXACTLY which mobo you have, so we can help you. The mobo manual will usually explain how to reset the CMOS battery, but at this point I/we can assist you with the reset without the correct mobo make/model.

The reason I asked him what happened when he cleared CMOS is he wasn't responsive, and saying "I did all that" re the checklist warned me this would be a tough slog.

Interesting he dropped an AMD chip in an Intel mobo.

Thanks, I thought it looked a little fishy there. He said it supports AM2/AM3 chips though, so I don't know where that came from. The model # is obviously an Intel mobo, but it would be nice to know for sure what he REALLY has.

Did you try CLEARING the CMOS yet??

By your mobo manual it says:
20) CLR_CMOS (Clearing CMOS Jumper)
Use this jumper to clear the CMOS values (e.g. date information and BIOS configurations) and reset the CMOS values to factory defaults. To clear the CMOS values, place a jumper cap on the two pins to temporarily short the two pins or use a metal object like a screwdriver to touch the two pins for a few seconds.

• Always turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before
clearing the CMOS values.
• After clearing the CMOS values and before turning on your computer, be sure to remove
the jumper cap from the jumper. Failure to do so may cause damage to the motherboard.
• After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized
Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for
BIOS configurations).

Bah didnt do anything same problem is happening, everything working keyboard lighting up, mouse, fans all running. nothing on monitor :[

Yeah, right.

Best bring it to a shop - you haven't done as we asked, and have reported back results incorrectly. So what's the point?

Im bringing it into the shop tomorrow, is it possible that my monitor is not compatible with the gtx 260? that may be a stupid question. also the gtx 260 has 2 dvi ports on the back, my monitor has a dvi port but i dont have a cord to connect the two. Im using the vga to dvi adapter on the back of the video card but not on the monitor am I doing something wrong?

heres my monitor:

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18704

and my video card:

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku= [...] omoid=1026




Also it says DVI-I for the video card and DVI-D for the monitor does that mean anything?

I got it fixed today, apparently my cpu was mounted improperly lol and now i got a diff problem. When I start he computer it goes past bios everything but it says
"Hard Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk Press Enter" im trying to install windows xp on a burned disc and that happens. But when I try my mobo install disc it seems to work. Should I just get a legit disc or is there something im missing.

Now I had suggested this earlier, so this would've shown you your initial problem. I'm glad you got the first part worked out and like Twoboxer says, you need to set first boot drive to the DVD/CD drive in the BIOS. Maybe you'll listen to someone and maybe this will be a learning experience. Hope all works out well.