PC Starts up, but won't load windows.

[Froboi]

I recently purchased a new motherboard and CPU for my PC. It was installed by a licensed professional company. i get past the BIOS setup but when the pc begins to load the "Windows XP" screen, the video drops and i'm back at the black screen. I did notice that right after the beep, i get a sound that's hard to describe. Its kinda like a helicopter starting up. I never had that with the old motherboard so i don't know if its normal of it somethings not registering properly. any help is appreciated.

[lenz0106]

Open it back up and try to reset the bios. Either take out the battery (little silver round battery, like a big watch battery) with the computer unplugged or move the resistor switch to the reset for a couple minutes and put it back. unplugged of course. Do either one for a couple minutes to reset everything.

[mjc]

Umm...you said 'new motherboard'...did they happen to reinstall Windows, or just re-use the install that was already on your hard drive?