congo, thanx for all you help mate. i tried clearing the cmos with the jumper as per the manual's instructions and still nothing......
i phoned the retailer and had a chat with them and they say it prob a dead board and are sending a new one (i hope).
hope to get it soon and try again...... i wont it up and running cos i know it gonna be a killer!
so what parts are prone to breaking when static is about?? is it just the mobo? i use a writs band so it doesnt matter but just curious bloody frustrating all od this.
T.



Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24&
