no display

[Airbozo]

Is there a second PCI-e slot? You can try it in that slot to check.

I just had 2 bad mobos with the same issue. The primary PCI-e slot is bad.

[aintnothang]

I will try that except the fans revving up and down puzzle me. I was hoping something with the ground since it's a freshly painted case.

[aintnothang]

Ugh....

[Cryptonic]

Few suggestions/observations:

Monitor was working correctly and powering on since you said you got the 'no display' message right? VGA/DVI cable not damaged or pins bent to hell correct?

Check to make sure everything was seated correctly (CPU/HSF, GPU, RAM)?

Bench test it with bare bones(board,cpu/hsf, one stick of ram). Preferably with a known good power supply. Would eliminate any weird grounding and shorting issues or mechanical stresses.

As a last ditch attempt I'd try reseting the Bios to default(removing battery and jump pins) and swap in a known good CPU/HSF. If it doesn't work then its probly faulty mobo.

[aintnothang]

Thank you So much!

[aintnothang]

Ok, now I have a display....but windows won't boot up, it will just restart. Yet ubuntu will boot up fine and is what I'm using right now.

[aintnothang]

any suggestions on how to get windows runnin'?

[Cryptonic]

So its restarting right away or are you able to F8 boot into safe mode?

Since you were able to boot into Ubuntu it doesn't seem like a hardware issue. It would lead me to believe its either a corrupt OS or a virus. Did you try the repair option on the
Vista install disc?

[aintnothang]

It asks me if I want to restart windows normally. I am gonna try my repair disc.