GA-X58A-UD5 and Intel i7-930 not booting

[Dark Mantis]

Make sure that you remembered the GFX power leads.

[enigmatic2u]

I have powered the gfx with the 2 power leads required, will try the different sockets for the power leads on the PSU just in case. Will try the gfx on different slots too.

[Dark Mantis]

The default for the graphics card is PCI but the BIOS should be set to PCIe x16-1 for "Init Display First" in the "Advanced BIOS Features" section.

[enigmatic2u]

do you know of a command/key held down as the pc is booting on to force it to switch modes? nothing on the manual that i can see.
thanks

[Dark Mantis]

No I don't. Sorry I forgot that you couldn't even get into the BIOS.
If you purchased it from a local store I would take it back and tell them to check it as it doesn't work.

[enigmatic2u]

so it turns out both the motherboard and the graphics card were faulty, now that I have receiving the replacements for both, all working fine, except for the graphics card which flickers when I play Counter Strike Source, I hope it's not a compatibility issue!
I am taking this up with XFX.
thanks for all your help.

[Dark Mantis]

Try checking the latency with DPC Latency Checker    http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
run it and then just use your computer like normal and then see what the graph says. If there are any red bars you have a latency problem and that is what is causing your graphics stuttering.

[Lsdmeasap]

If there is any DPC latency that should only really affect sounds.

I think it may just be a driver issue or a game issue if it only affects this one game.

[Dark Mantis]

Is that correct Lsdmeasap? I understood that it could afftect video as well as audio. Maybe I was mistaken.