The power supply is apparently fine, and the CPU was ruled out to not be an issue when I called intel customer support, How do find,use/recognize an on board jumper? would that be the power/reset button on my mobo?

I downloaded your manual but it will not allow copy/paste.

Look to section 2.6 Jumper

Section 2 page 27 in what I downloaded.

it was enabled. I'm gona try CLR CMOS again tho

Section 2.1 of the manual shows voltage LEDs.

Have you checked these?


Also are you using a PS/2 port keyboard?

USB, it required no drivers when i had built the computer

all LED's are green other than the HD_LED which is orange. another thing i noticed, not sure of any significance, is the fan on my video card is spinning for a bit then stopping spinning and stopping, i think it might just have to due with failure of the system to start anything.

Try reseating the card. Is it in the top slot? Are the power leads properly connected?

Are you still getting the exact same error/stop point?

Try booting without the keyboard or use a PS/2 adapter if you have one.

Also remove everything else. Hard drives; DVD drives; everything save the CPU; PSU; RAM; Graphics card.

yes everything is connected to the card i'll try the stripped down start now, and no i dont have a PS/2 keyboard

Just another thought: boot it with No RAM and see if there is a difference.

edit* i tryed that and nothing changed.

I will be back tomorrow, for now I need to sleep. Hope you're able to continue helping me tomorrow, sorry to leave in the middle of it but i have a class in the morning,