Z97 gaming 7 motherboard

Hi everyone,
This is an old topic I'm sure but here it it is: just built a new machine, my first of course, and it has teething problems. After many false starts and unsuccessful tries the machine has settled down to the following condition:
With mouse, keyboard, monitor, RAM, graphics card all installed the machine will not boot...all the led lights come on, the ssd is working (light blinks) but no video nor boot. The following debug codes keep cycling through: 10 19 55.
At first (right after completing putting it all together) it would not load from the cd drive, saying it "must run as administrator" but would not do so after selecting that function; nor would it accept the login administrator password. I loaded Windows 7 onto a flashdrive on my other machine and loaded Windows from the flash, and the machine would then boot in Safe Mode, but still wouldn't recognize the cd drive. Obviously I have not loaded the MSI drivers disc so I don't know if that is why the machine now won't boot at all. Backing up: after booting in Safe Mode for several tries, the machine went into an on and off cycle when starting up, then to the present condition of not booting at all with the above debug codes.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Thanks.

Here's the latest...returned the motherboard to MSI and they quickly replaced it and I installed it yesterday. Now the computer will boot continuously and today it went through an almost complete reinstallation of Windows 7, but when it restarted automatically to complete the installation, the "Starting Windows" process goes as far as the four colored balls circling and joining up, then freezes again. It will start in Safe Mode, but only as far as the blue screen with the message "Setup is Starting Services" immediately followed with an error message: "Windows cannot complete installation in Safe Mode. To continue installing Windows, restart the computer". After hitting the restart prompt, the blue screen gives the message: "Setup will continue after restarting your computer", but after a restart, it once again hangs up with the four colored Windows logo balls in the middle of the screen.
At least the machine will repeat itself to this point, unlike before when something different each time startup was tried. All the components are installed, both ram sticks in slots 1 & 3, video card installed. ??????

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