Hey all-
I have been informed that I should start a new forum topic for questions about things instead of posting on already created boards, so here goes....

I am a newbie when it comes to building systems, this is my second build. I put together a system for my in-laws on newegg.com, it includes:
Motherboard ,
CPU,
RAM,
HDD
PSU
CASE
CD/DVD



This is the problem I am having... First, I hate the CPU fans that come from Intel and AMD. They are the biggest pain in the rear end EVER! I still dont think I have got the thing secure on there but that is the least of my worries... Anyway, I got all the hardware placed into the case and connected together, hit the power button with OEM version of Windows XP SP3, everything started out great.. I got to the "detecting your systems config" screen and out of nowhere, I got the blue screen of death. Turned the machine off checked all of my connections and now it stops at the boot screen on "verifying DMI pool data" after about two min of sitting on that screen the system shuts down. I dont know! I have no idea what to think at this point. Also, my USB connections on the back didnt recognize my USB mouse/keyboard (4 USB's on rear panel, none work), but I figured that I would be able to fix that with the MB disk after installing windows. The only 2 that work are on the front of the case... I figured this out before the blue screen of death. Please help, I really dont know what to do here. How do I test this hardware to find out if it is bad without buying new parts and replacing all of them.... I was told that I might get a hardware testing program from the net, put it on a CD and boot from that, any thoughts on which one to get? Also told that I might try to find out how to physically reset the BIOS and try to run setup again.... Any thoughts anyone? I dont know where to start!