I just purchased a new ASUS Motherboard, a new GeForce FX 5200 a stick of 256MB DDR SDRAM PC2100 and 400 W ATX Case. I moved my old Hard Drive(ATA 133 I think), DVD/CDRW, 1.4 Ghz Athlon and Heatsink/Fan to the new mobo in the new case.

The first problem I had was the computer wouldn't send out any video signal. I took it to a shop and he swapped out the RAM and it booted. So we know the RAM I had was defective. I bought new RAM 256MB PC2700 Samsung.

Now, the computer will start, show the video card screen, show the motherboard info, I can access the BIOS BUT I get horrible video signal. There are lines all over it and sometimes random characters. And the Hard Drive wont boot. When I start it up, it goes through the Video and Mobo screens and then gives me a DOS list of PCI devices and IDE devices. My hard drive IS listed on Primary IDE Master. I changed the boot order to boot only from the HD. I know the Boot Disk is okay because I repaired it once, with the help of the computer shop guy, and I can even put my HD back in my old computer and it boots fine. We scanned my HD with Norton and there are no viruses on it.

My guess is a bad motherboard, maybe it doesn't read the hard drive through the IDE correctly? I don't think the video card is bad EVEN THOUGH it gives a bad signal, could a bad motherboard possibly cause the bad signal from the card AND cause the HD to not boot? The shop guy didn't even know what was going on. Would a bad video card cause the Hard Drive to not boot? I'm sorry I can't really test the video card or the motherboard with other equipment because I don't have the equipment. I did try a PCI video card in the new motherboard but when I start that up, it gives me three quick beeps, and gives no video signal.

Thanks in advance, for the help.