Hi Todd

Specs of my PC are above those needed:

Core 2 Duo E6750
2GB RAM
SATA HDD

I have no add on cards. Board has on board NICs. video, etc

I have not even managed to reach step 3 on your quick start guide.

When i power on PC with USB drive in place, it start booting from the USB drive, i get a screen with some dots moving across the screen for about two and a half lines, then the screen clears and i just get a blank screen.

I am assuming that at this stage i would expect some sort of prompt to appear. this is not happening.