whats wrong with my newly built comp?

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vinceboi

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i just recently built my second comp:
antec plusview II..............................case
enermax noisetaker 600watt.................powersupply
amd 64 3200+.....................................cpu
1gig corsair xms..................................ram
gigabyte k8n-pro-sli..............................mobo
WD250gb HD sata 3.0gb/s....................harddrive
evga 6800gs 256mb pci-e......................video card

i just formatted it with a xp pro dis w/ sp1 then i installed teh cd with sp2 and it ddint work my comp keeps restartin and now whenever i boot it up the screen that shows ur spec with the F8 or F12 loads, it takes me to a blank screen,black, and in the top left corner there is a hyphen( _ ) that keeps blinking, this keeps happenin when i turn it off den back on or restarting, i just built this comp all together yesterday and keep gettin these errors my first build was fine what is the problem? BTW i cant even get into bios or anything
 
Try taking out the CMOS battery on your motherboard, wait ten minutes, and put it back in. See if that works. :)
 
vinceboi said:
i tried that! still no good, but im willin to do it again :(
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I had the same exact problem with sp2 and there was no cure for me. I hope you have better luck then I did.
 
Disconnect any SATA/ATA items and see if you can get into the BIOS. If you can, set your boot order to CD rom first. Reattach everything and try to format the HD from the install CD. Then, try reinstalling XP SP1. From there... I dont know what else to do, maybe a sp2 installation from windows instead? (like, download it).
 
thank you very much for the tips my comp is workin again, i left the cmos battery out longer this time almost 20 mins and i plugged my sata drive after i put the cmos battery back in and start it up i got into bios again :)
 
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