Vid cards should load with the generic drivers, but untill you get the real ones installed shit will just react slow usually. Like someone said, check to make sure all cables are properly connected as well as hardware (especially the graphics card, make sure that is properly seated)


Had simmular problems in the past. Once when I replaced a video card it was just coming up black screen after a fresh install, checked the card, and yup, I fucked up, didn't properly get that sucker in there. Another time it had been my CPU that went boom, same crap, fresh install, and black screen, possibly a alert sound going off too. Hard to remember the specifics of two situations, and which one sounded an alarm or not heh..