New build P55-GD80 I7 860 wont boot "FF" error

Hi, I just put this build together, but its not booting..
1. MSI P55-GD80 V1.1
2. Intel I7 860
3. 2x2GB OCZ PC3 10666 OCZ3P1333LV4GK
4. WD 1TB Caviar Black
5. Corsair TX850w ps.
6. Zalman CNPS10X Quiet 1156 CPU Cooler
7. NVIDIA 8800GTS (waiting for new ATI this week..)
8. Antec 900 Two case
Well everything lights up and all fans are running but it doesnt beep nor does the display show anything.
I took out the 2 sticks of RAM and left only one in the 1st slot. I reset the CMOS with the clr cmos button, no change..
Any help would be welcome, thanks!

Hi Tekkaman, & welcome to the forum! When you cleared CMOS, was it in a 'power off' state with the power cord removed? If not, try that. Double check all the power connections to the board, VGA, & other components. Trade mem. sticks in the first slot to see if the one that was there is bad. Let us know how it goes.

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Quote from: rickd123 on 06-November-09, 23:12:36
Hi Bitgod,
I see you have the same board and processor. As you can see by my posts I am a newbee to OCing. If you have a stable (and not too agressive) OC that you are satisfied with, wondering if you could post here your bios changes for your OC so I could try them.
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I agree with the Control Center comment also. My son was in there right after we put the system together. When he closed the program the system rebooted and would not post. We had to reset cmos to get it back up...
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Sure, here's some screen shots of my settings. I'm not aggressively OCing, I'm happy enough with 3.6Ghz and I'm going to play it safe because of the Foxconn socket controversy, I didn't want to get into the 1.4v range, so I hope by staying at 1.26v, that I should be avoiding any socket/CPU issues. (not all GD80s have Foxconn sockets, but mine does) These pics are from the 1.6b7 BIOS.
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