First Boot-Up Problem

[Eyedea]

I just upgraded from Intel to AMD and bought a ASRock 939Dual SATA2 mobo, AMD 64 3500+, and Corsair XMS Pro RAM to go with it all. When I went to boot up and re-format windows I get no video output from the graphics card. Nothing. I thought that the graphics card could have been broken so I checked to see if that was the problem and switched my 6800 GT out for another AGP card. This did not work either so I tried putting a friend's 6600 GT in the PCIE slot and still nothing happened. I know that the graphics card has power because when I push the power button the fan on the card starts spinning for all three of the graphics cards I tried. I'm not too sure what to do at this point I was hoping that I wouldnt have to RMA anything but if that is what it comes down to I will.

Any help would be great. Thanks..

Specs are:
Ultra X-Connect 500 Watt PSU
AMD 64 3500+ CPU
6800 GT GPU
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Corsair XMS Pro Dual Channel 1 Gb
WD 120 Gb HDD

 

[Ice Czar]

When I went to boot up and re-format windows

disconnect the HDD and see if you get to BIOS
(meaning the old drivers are loading instead of the default VGA drivers, you can't "upgrade" the OS after the fact, youd need to strip the OS of all hardware specific drivers first

if that works, there isnt a hardware issue
then you can access BIOS change the boot order to the CDROM and reformat with the install CD

if you want to attempt a migration youd employ sysprep, but from your old config first then migrate to the new one

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302577&sd=tech