Trouble With New PC

[princeton]

Hi,

I just built my first PC. But when I try to boot it it goes past the bios splashscreen and then just has a flashing underscore/dash in the top left hand corner of the screen. Here are the specifications. I brought it to the place where I got the parts for a rebuild and QC but they don't know what the problem is either.
Also I got the DVD drive and harddrive from my friend so they could be the problem.
Specifications:
Asus P5Q SE Plus MotherBoard
Antec 900 two case
GTX 260 Core 216
GameXStream 700W PSU
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500
4GB DDR2 Ram

Also there is no OS installed as It wont boot. I have copies of windows XP(CD) and windows 7. Also I have tried 3 different CD/DVD drives and no luck.

 

[red1776]

I might be missing something here, but you said you have no OS installed? are you starting with the OS install disk in the cd drive to boot/install?

 

[princeton]

I might be missing something here, but you said you have no OS installed? are you starting with the OS install disk in the cd drive to boot/install?

Sorry forgot to tell you to ask for any info I forgot. Yah I've tried with 3 different drives. All drives were tested with a windows xp CD and a windows 7 DvD.

 

[red1776]

no problem,
what brand and series of ram are you using? Asus has known compatibility issues with some types of ram.

 

[princeton]

no problem,
what brand and series of ram are you using? Asus has known compatibility issues with some types of ram.

Its OCZ. The Specific type is here http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=026275&cid=RAM.346.379 I think.... Also I've heard the problems with OCZ and asus were only with AM2 boards.

 

[brucethetech]

often the cursor can blink in between the loading of different boot devices. your bios settings may not be set correctly. do you have the ability to choose a one time boot device?

 

[princeton]

often the cursor can blink in between the loading of different boot devices. your bios settings may not be set correctly. do you have the ability to choose a one time boot device?

What do you mean by the cursor. My mouse isn't even up at the point the machine gets stuck at. Its just a flashing underscore in the top left corner of the screen.

 

[brucethetech]

i know that. whatever you want to call it, it does that in between the loading of the individual boot devices. do you have the ability to choose from a one time boot menu?

 

[red1776]

Its OCZ. The Specific type is here http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=026275&cid=RAM.346.379 I think.... Also I've heard the problems with OCZ and asus were only with AM2 boards.

OCZ is one of the brands it can have a problem with, you dont by chance have any other DDR2 modules you can try do you?

 

[princeton]

OCZ is one of the brands it can have a problem with, you dont by chance have any other DDR2 modules you can try do you?

Lol. I'm going to my uncles this sunday and he has a bin of like 40GB of DDR2 ram. Ill give it a try. Thanks guys I'll post my results after I give it a try. I might even rip the ram out of my brothers PC for a bit. Would his DDR2-800 ram work in the place of my DDR2-1200 ram? I don't care if its slower if its the problem ill get canada computers to give me different ram. Maybe something sort of decent like corsair or G.skill.

Damnit. I tried to speed up and borrow my brothers ram from his PC. His is OCZ as well in an asus mobo. Damn you canada computers.

 

[princeton]

Also. My BIOS still says I have 4GB ram and also 4GB usable ram. Does that mean the ram is compatible or just that it knows there is ram in the slots?

EDIT: NVM guys I never got to go to my uncles so I got mad and pushed my pc onto its side. I calmed down and stuck a windows disk in it while it was down there. It works now. Maybe I'll write a book about how you just have to show your pc who's boss.