Thanks for the replies this has possibly been the most informative forum iv used and iv posted in loads to get this problem sorted! Going to print this out although im pretty sure the manual that came with it (asus should get a prize for the detail they put in it) might be able to show me how to...
I made a post in "general hardware" titled "no beep or display at boot" where i was trying to troubleshoot some problems i have building this new computer but i cant find it.
where is it?