sooooo frustrating

[susandennis]

My new computer is dead or at least dead to me.

I fire it up and get the beginning stuff (hardware list) then the Intel screen where I can access BIOS and then instead of getting Vista, I get a black screen with a white hyphen in the top right hand corner.  I can CLT-ALT-DEL and get it the same thing.  I can turn it off and turn it off with the hardware switch and get the same thing.  I can reset and get the same thing.  I can get the same thing using DVI adapter with the monitor cable and the same thing with the DVI cable.  

I tried sticking the Vista CD in the drawer and starting it up.  I got white letters on black background telling me to hit a key if I wanted to boot from CD or DVD.  But hitting a key got me nothing.  After repeated key hitting, I get a beep from the mother board.  But no action. 

I'm so frustrated.  I don't have a clue what to do.  

Fuck.