New computer, restarts after bios

Hi, i'm trying to put together a new computer but I am having issues that i'm having trouble resolving. I will list my specs after the problem. I have hooked up the computer (and to my knowledge correctly) however everytime I get past the bios screen it tells me that windows did not start up properly and asks if I would like to start in safe mode or normal etc. The problem is that when I click safe mode of normal or even last working configuration it just seems to restart like I hit the restart button. The screen goes dead and the monitor says it's not receiving any input and it goes back to the beginning again. I have gone into bios and it reads my ram and processor and seems to be fine. I also checked the boot order and made sure it's reading the hard drive and also that the hard drive is the master to my cd-rom. The processor temp is at 52C and the whole pc reads as about 35C. I am using an Intel Motherboard D955XBK, 1 gig PNY DDR2 533 PC 4200 ram in the form of one stick, a western digital hard drive 40 gigs (this is an old piece of equipment and still has windows on it), pentium 4 640+ 3.2 Ghz 800 MHz FSB hyper threading support processor, 500W Rosewill Power supply, and a radeon X1300 512 MB graphics card. When I turn it on all the fans run so nothing seems to be not working. I have also tried reseating my ram and graphics card as well as unplugging everything inside and replugging it to make sure everything was connected properly. Also I have tried my old 350W psu but that didn't seem to help any. I can't try an old graphics card because I don't have a PCI one and the new slot is PCI-E. I have not gotten any beeps when starting it up and have had no error messages, everything seems to sound pretty much normal. I have also tried to start a fresh copy of windows XP however when I get to the screen where it asks me if I want to start installing (by pressing enter) it just freezes up, the bios don't seem to cause any trouble though. I appreciate any suggestions and comments ^_^

 

Ok I solved my problem when I got into the windows installation screen I had a keyboard with a usb hookup plugged in and it didn't work with that for some reason, plugged in an old keyboard and installed a fresh copy of windows and it works now. You've got my curiousity peaked though Tim, why do you say I shouldn't have my hard drive on the same IDE as my cd-rom? I had this setup the same way on my old comp and the new motherboard instructions actually show a diagram of it being hooked up this way. The motherboard also only has one IDE plug so I couldn't hook both up to a cable otherwise. If i'm missing something important help me out, thanks =)

 

I don't think it's a laptop.

I think it's a desktop, but it only has 1 parallel ATA, and the rest are probably serial ATA.


You should seriously consider getting a decent serial hard drive, as that 40G would be bottlenecking the system.