I just built a new computer, but when I try to boot with WinNT and in Mandrake Linux it goes through the whole boot process up to were it would normaly load the OS. However at that point it just displays a black screen with a blinking cursor at the top. I have double and triple checked everything on the hardware end, everything is plugged in where it is supposed to be, I have even tried booting Mandrake off of a floppy still nothing.

Help much aprecciated.
-Apophis

P.S. Yes i did everything obvious, like installing a boot loader for mandrake etc... if all you have to say is "this may seem obvious but..." please dont bother posting.

P.P.S. You have heard it ounce, your gonna here it again. I coud have posted this in the tech forum but I actually want a response, and I need it fairly quickly.

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AGONetwork

So...it posts...but doesn't boot OS? Sounds like HDD Problems to me.

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But it recognizes the HDDs, at least it partitions them fine... will replacing the hard drives be likely to fix the problem ?

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AGONetwork