Hi.

I've just bought the following for a new system and getting all sorts of problems (see below)

Asus P5B Deluxe / WiFI-AP motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo 6300
Cruicial Ballstic 2x1Gb PC2-6400 DDR2
XFX Geforce 8800GTX 320Mb XT Edition
700W PSU

Basically, what is happening is that the board is powering (the ASUS logo on it has the LED). When power is applied, the CPU fan starts up, then after about 5 seconds, the graphics fan starts up. However, I'm not getting any output onto the monitor, and not getting any POST codes.

I'm guessing one of the new components is possibly faulty, but I haven't got a clue which one(s) it could be, as I don't have any spares to try. I've tried moving the RAM around, moving the graphics card to the other PCI-E slot, swapping the PSU for another one, but still no luck.

Short of getting one of each component again, any ideas?

TIA

Remove the MBoard from the case and install ONLY CPU/HS/fan, graphics card(in the correct slot according to manual), and ONE stick of RAM. Set the MB on a non conductive surface close enough to the case to make a couple of connections. Check to be sure the clear CMOS jumper is in the run position. Connect only the minimal case wiring, PSU connector and a KBoard, preferrably a PS2. No other wiring or cards. No drives, including both power and data cables. Attempt to boot with this setup. If the board POSTs immediately enter the BIOS screens and set the values as needed. Then go to the PC health screen a monitor temperatures for some time. If all is well at this point then you can install the MBoard into the case, taking care that all screw holes have appropriate standoffs behind and ONLY at the screw holes in the board. If you can post with this configuration then start adding in hardware starting with the RAM then the harddrive.
As I haven't any experience with SLI I don't know if there are any special things you need to do there.