Help! New computer won't POST

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Just bought an ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard and put in my new case. I put in my gigabyte geforce 6600GT and fired up the computer and the power comes on and I hear a "beep" from the computer but nothing appears on screen. I hear the hard drive and CD drive spin up but it won't POST or anything (at least not that I can see on my monitor). The card does feel a bit "loose" in the PCI-Ex16 slot but I've pushed it in several times and tried putting it back in to no avail. It seems to be all the way in the slot but still feels a bit loose. Is this my video card or could there be another reason my computer won't load into the BIOS? Unfortunately, my mobo doesn't have onboard video so I can't check it that way (I also don't have an extra PCI-E vid card). Thanks!
 
Okay I tried uplugging the Video card and booting up. Fans all turn on (as before) but instead of quick beep I get a long beep or series of very fast short beeps that lasts for several seconds (3-4). But with the video card in I get a single short beep and after that everything SOUNDS fine (CD/Hard drive spin) but I can't see anything. BTW, my hard drive was reformatted before I moved it into this system so there isn't an OS to load (was going to install XP).
 
How much/what kind of memory??? If you have two sticks, try using just one. If just one, try a different memory slot.
 
Everything is working fine now. I re-set everything except the CPU and all is well now. Thanks for the help though...
 
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