What are the specs of this PC?

I don't want to sound patronising, but your not accidently using DDR RAM with a Core 2 Duo processor...? 

dbowman

not at all i appreciate your help.

amd 3200+ socket 939

sapphire ati x300se

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model AD-7170S-0B - OEM

     CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail

    ASUS A8V-XE Socket 939 VIA K8T890 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

FSP Group (Fortron Source) ATX350-PA, version 2.2 RoHS, SATA, 350W Power Supply - OEM

Everything showing up in your BIOS an at the right settings?Axed54

yup 

[QUOTE="RipPistons2221"]This is my second build but its not going as well as the first. I connected the processor, heatsink/fan, ram, video card(which i went and bought a new one after there was no image the first time so thats not the problem), and connected the dvd drive and hard drive both via SATA and but them in the two primary spots separtely. Any ideas what would cause the fans to start spinning and sound like its booting up yet no image appears on the monitor like nothing is connected?LahiruD

No beeps?

Check your VGA card & monitor & make sure the Processor Fan's cable is connected with the motherboard

and it beeps once now 

i reseated the memory and it turns on now but when i get to the blue windows setup screen, the monitor acts like theres nothing connected again

I had this problem too at one point -- had to update my bios and didn't have to reinstall windows to get the computer to recognize it. I'd start by updating your BIOS before reinstalling everything.Mentho

ok ive been searching online about how to do this..i dont have a floppy drive but i do have a cd/dvd drive...what can i do? 

I had a 3200+ single core...and i just upgraded to a dual core and i booted up and the second core isnt recognized...what do i do?

EDIT: i flashed the bios and in the system tab it acknowledges a dual core, but in the task manager it still only shows one cpu....what do i do?