X79A GD65 8D Won't Boot

Starts OK. Proceeds to message:
Asmedia 106X SATA Controller Ver 0.90 IDE Mode
S.M.A.R.T. Supported
Using PCIE Gen 2
Can't find any device.
And then it just hangs on a black (ish) screen with just the cursor blinking.
I thought that the BIOS needed updating to the latest version to support the i7 3820 but I took it to my local shop to do this and they were able to boot it up on the bench no problems and left the BIOS as is. I get it back and assemble it again into the case and it wont boot again.
Any ideas at all folks?
Regards
Alistair

Quote from: flobelix on 19-December-12, 06:03:08
What vga do you have? Did you try switching to alternate bios?
Problem is solved. When I tried flobelix's solution it was late at night and I lazily just used DVI on the graphics card and it did not work. This morning I pulled out my old vga monitor and presto it worked (once I connected a drive that is - without one it won't find a UEF map). So I am now going to update video drivers etc. and finish off the build.
As it transpired the message I get at the startup was a red herring and quite normal as I still get it on successful bootup, The message is:
Asmedia 106X SATA Controller Ver 0.90 IDE Mode
S.M.A.R.T. Supported
Using PCIE Gen 2
Can't find any device.
Thanks flobelix for you help!
Alistair

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