Black Underscore Screen No matter HOW I TRY TO BOOT :/ Please help! :(

Hello guys and thank you for looking at my thread,

I'll start from the top. I have a custom built i7 2600k rig. my mobo is an ASUS p8z68 deluxe gen 3 board. 1155 chip (here's a link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 813131791)

I recently did some upgrades to my rig like adding more and bigger HD's and finally an SSD.

WHen i did so i had reformated and made the SSD where i ran windows off.. Stupidly when i installed it i had never put the key in, so windows automatically gives you 30 days as a trial or w/e..

On the 30th day i realized it was 30 days because it showed me on my background saying this copy of windows is not genuine and bla bla bla...

So i decided to reformat, I reformatted.. i shut down the computer and went upon my day..

Now a few days later I'm trying to boot the thing up, it shows the bios screens and whatever, shows the raid profiles, shows some american megatrend thing, and then just goes to the BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH (This is the screen that is just black with a blinking underscore, and doesn't let me do anything)

I've tried booting from all the boot options, including while having a OEM DVD of Windows 7 in my CD tray and it still gets that black screen.

I've thought the SSD could be dead, but I highly doubt thats a possibility. I've checked the plugs everything is plugged in, I mean i really don't know what it could be.

Im desperate for help guys, I have missed several team practices for League, haven't been able to do any work or gaming, and I have term papers and projects due up the ass the next week or two since the end of the semester is approaching.

If your reading this and might know someone or knows the solution please do me a favor and help me out!!!!!

Thank you for your time, and Happy Holidays

-Ross