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Ok...I reset the CMOS several times. Pulled the battery out and left power supply unplugged over night. Still no help. I successfully flashed the BIOS to v1.9 via floppy.....and loaded optimized settings in BIOS....still no help. Still stuck in the contiuous reboot. I do see a very...

Kid Vicious... So how do I update the BIOS to v1.9 if I can't get into Windows? According to MSI's website I should NOT flash my BIOS from floppy. It basically says that I have to: - create a DOS boot disk in order to boot to DOS - enable BIOS FLASH in the BIOS set-up - get the new BIOS...

I think that my MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum has failed in some way. My rig just continuously reboots. It comes to the screen that asks me to boot in Safe Mode, Safe Mode w/ Networking, etc. I've selected every option but it still comes back to that screen. My rig is around 14 months old and my specs...

Interesting...I had no idea that SLI was for Nvidia only. homercles337....what did you replace your MSI board with? make/model/etc. Thanks for your help!

It's either the video card or the motherboard....and I'm guessing that it's my motherboard that has failed. This is a non-SLI board...should I go ahead and get the SLI version? Down the road as prices drop, I could find another Sapphire Radeon X800 XL PCIe and go SLI for reasonable price...

This is a non-SLI board...should I go ahead and get the SLI version? Down the road as prices drop, I could find another Sapphire Radeon X800 XL PCIe and go SLI. Is there a big price difference between the non-SLI and SLI boards? Please share your thoughts.... Thanks!

I think my MOBO may have failed. Machine is in continuous reboot. Recovery Console launched from XP install CD fails to a Bad_Pool_Header BSOD. Cannot get into Windows to save my life. Please see my post over in the Technical Support forum for ALOT more detail...

Well, I disconnected the SATA hard drive and replaced it with the an IDE drive from my Sony VAIO. It recognizes the new IDE drive during boot then does the exact same thing as before....it goes to the advanced options screen asking to boot in Safe Mode, Safe Mode w/ Networking, etc. It...

Okay. I've tried a few more things...but still continuously rebooting. - Changed the "Halt On" BIOS setting from All Errors to No Errors...basically telling it to not stop for any errors during boot. Didn't help. - Set the Timing Mode BIOS setting to Auto from Manual...basically telling it to...

Additional Info....Problem Still Exists - Powersupply - Antec NeoPower 480 - Temps - System Temp 35C/95F and CPU Temp 38C/100F Any thoughts??

Askalon, I did try that. I pulled the ram out of DIMM slot 1 and tried booting with a stick in slot 2. It wouldn't even get to the boot screen. Then I replaced that stick on slot 2 with the one that I pulled out of slot 1 but same thing. Same result. I followed the memory combination list...

My rig continuously reboots. It comes to the screen that asks me to boot in Safe Mode, Safe Mode w/ Networking, etc. I've selected every option but it still comes back to that screen. My rig is around 14 months old and my specs are below. I tried booting from the Windows XP CD too. I...