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Thanks again for yet another reply, Ok the MOBO is on the cardboard box that it came in... Yes I had just got done installing the video card drivers and tried to install the DFI drivers but it wouldnt work through the CD menu, so I was attempting to install them manually and thats when it flashed a blue screen with an error and then it immediately went blank(but my comp was still running just no visual)... Yep Windows was up and running for about a half hour i believe.... Not sure how to test the RAM individually but when I was in windows it recognized that I had 2 gigs through dxdiag.... Yes as far as I know I am running the RAM at stock speed...I didnt mess with any BIOS settings for it... This site here tells all my troubles before I came to this site (they are the 1ns that sent me here actually:)) http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=184043 Yes it is a SATA DVD... Not sure how to check what type of BIOS I have....I am a noob lol Well I guess I am exited about getting everything in my case and having it work....first computer bug I guess:):eek: Any help would be greatly appreciated, h4lt

Thanks again for yet another reply, Ok the MOBO is on the cardboard box that it came in... Yes I had just got done installing the video card drivers and tried to install the DFI drivers but it wouldnt work through the CD menu, so I was attempting to install them manually and thats when it flashed a blue screen with an error and then it immediately went blank(but my comp was still running just no visual)... Yep Windows was up and running for about a half hour i believe.... Not sure how to test the RAM individually but when I was in windows it recognized that I had 2 gigs through dxdiag.... Yes as far as I know I am running the RAM at stock speed...I didnt mess with any BIOS settings for it... This site here tells all my troubles before I came to this site (they are the 1ns that sent me here actually:)) http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=184043 Yes it is a SATA DVD... Not sure how to check what type of BIOS I have....I am a noob lol Well I guess I am exited about getting everything in my case and having it work....first computer bug I guess:):eek: Any help would be greatly appreciated, h4lt

Again ty for the reply, Ok I put the MOBO just on the carboard box it came with alone... I believe I was attempting to install the DFI drivers manually because when I would try to install them from the CD's main menu it wouldnt work... Yes Windows was up and running... Not sure how to check RAM individually...remember I am a noob lol Yes as far as I know I am running the RAM at stock speed, because I didnt change anything in the BIOS... Here is where I started getting help before I was directed to this site...http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=184043 That should tell you all the previous problems I have had... Yes the DVD is SATA... How do I find what BIOS version I am using? not to sure.... And I wouldnt really say I am in a hurry to get my stuff in my case just anxious to get it workin...:eek:

Hello and thank you for you quick reply, I have placed my Vid Card in my Sig, sorry I kinda forgot to list that got it from Buy.com Newegg was out of stock... But anyways I have tried something similar to the minimum build, where I took everything out of the case and placed my motherboard on the foam it came with and just hooked up all the essentials... And thats the way I originally got past my first error...so I placed everything back in my case and started it back up and everything was workin ok until I was installing drivers and I got a blue screen with some sort of error and then my screen went blank my computer didnt shut off though and my fans were still running... So I took everything out of the case yet again and hooked up just the essentials and still was unable to get any visuals on my screen...so I cleared the CMOS and it allowed me to get to the BIOS but once I tried to start up Windows my screen would just go black yet again.... And I am about at the that point of taking it to a computer store and having them take a look at it....because this is getting quite frustrating... Any help would be greatly appreciated, h4lt

Hello and thank you for you quick reply, I have placed my Vid Card in my Sig, sorry I kinda forgot to list that got it from Buy.com Newegg was out of stock... But anyways I have tried something similar to the minimum build, where I took everything out of the case and placed my motherboard on the foam it came with and just hooked up all the essentials... And thats the way I originally got past my first error...so I placed everything back in my case and started it back up and everything was workin ok until I was installing drivers and I got a blue screen with some sort of error and then my screen went blank my computer didnt shut off though and my fans were still running... So I took everything out of the case yet again and hooked up just the essentials and still was unable to get any visuals on my screen...so I cleared the CMOS and it allowed me to get to the BIOS but once I tried to start up Windows my screen would just go black yet again.... And I am about at the that point of taking it to a computer store and having them take a look at it....because this is getting quite frustrating... Any help would be greatly appreciated, h4lt

Hello and thank you for you quick reply, I have placed my Vid Card in my Sig, sorry I kinda forgot to list that got it from Buy.com Newegg was out of stock... But anyways I have tried something similar to the minimum build, where I took everything out of the case and placed my motherboard on the foam it came with and just hooked up all the essentials... And thats the way I originally got past my first error...so I placed everything back in my case and started it back up and everything was workin ok until I was installing drivers and I got a blue screen with some sort of error and then my screen went blank my computer didnt shut off though and my fans were still running... So I took everything out of the case yet again and hooked up just the essentials and still was unable to get any visuals on my screen...so I cleared the CMOS and it allowed me to get to the BIOS but once I tried to start up Windows my screen would just go black yet again.... And I am about at the that point of taking it to a computer store and having them take a look at it....because this is getting quite frustrating... Any help would be greatly appreciated, h4lt

Well I am not gunna go through every error I have gotten in the process of putting my computer together...cause it is endless, but after going through alot of troubles I finally got Windows installed... When I was installing the drivers I got a blue screen for a split second and my then my computer just shut off... And now I am unable to turn it back on....I am getting a debug code of 88 and sometimes it looks like it says A8 or 8A not sure... Specs: WD 320GB SATA HD 2GB of G.Skill RAM DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G MOBO AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000 Antec SLI 550w PSU Lite-on DVD burner Any help would be greatly appreciated, h4lt